#so

I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink. ↗

— Dana Plato

#function #hate #how #i #learning

People have an awful lot of problems that society has put on them and a lot to work through because of it. ↗

— Dana Plato

#because #lot #people #problems #put

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. ↗

— Plato

#charm #everything #flight #gaiety #gives

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. ↗

— Plato

#education #movement #reach #soul #sound

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die. ↗

— Plato

#dirt #either #grow #growth #help

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. ↗

— Plato

#astronomy #compels #leads #look #soul

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. ↗

— Plato

#change #direction #excess #generally #governments

Philosophy is the highest music. ↗

— Plato

#music #philosophy

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens. ↗

— Plato

#citizens #conduct #first #hearts #justice

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort. ↗

— Plato

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