Do you, like a skilful weigher, put into the balance the pleasures and the pains, near and distant, and weigh them, and then say which outweighs the other? If you weigh pleasures against pleasures, you of course take the more and greater; or if you weigh pains against pains, then you choose that course of action in which the painful is exceeded by the pleasant, whether the distant by the near or the near by the distant; and you avoid that course of action in which the pleasant is exceeded by the painful.
The beginning is the chiefest part of any work. - Plato
The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.
- Plato
You must base the Wisdom on Love. - Plato
You must base the Wisdom on Love.
Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own. - Plato
Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.
Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind. - Plato
Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.
Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned than before. - Plato
Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned than before.
Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle. - Plato
Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.
The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self. - Plato
The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth. - Plato
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
The right question is usually more important than the right answer. - Plato
The right question is usually more important than the right answer.
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