#we

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. ↗

— Plato

#deal #done #great #great deal #imperfectly

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. ↗

— Plato

#larger #lesser #lie #say #stones

The measure of a man is what he does with power. ↗

— Plato

#man #measure #measure of a man #power

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power. ↗

— Plato

#little #much #power #same #steals

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? ↗

— Plato

#death #last #must #swallowed #things

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state. ↗

— Plato

#allowed #either #good #home #lie

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself. ↗

— Plato

#best #defeat #defeats #each #first

If kids can forget their own mothers but still have a sense of comrade Lenin, then Soviet power really is here to stay! ↗

— Andrei Platonov

#forget #here #kids #lenin #mothers

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. ↗

— Plautus

#beauty #character #comes #fortune #gift

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. ↗

— Plautus

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