Plato Imitation Quotes

#1. We may state the question thus: - Imitation imitates the actions of men, whether voluntary or involuntary, on which, as they imagine, a good or bad result has ensued, and they rejoice or sorrow accordingly. Is there anything more? No, there is nothing else. But

Plato

#2. If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.

Hanif Kureishi

#3. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

Shirley Jackson

#4. A person can do anything if they only will it strongly enough.

Leon Battista Alberti

#5. A boy is better unborn than untaught.

Paul Gascoigne

#6. Having sliced Odovacar in half in early spring 493, Theoderic ruled his Italian kingdom for the next thirty-three years, until his own death on 30 August 526.

Peter Heather

#7. How did I find myself here? Me - the man who wanted to walk around the world? On foot, no less. I wanted to be Passepartout, a traveller with little luggage, hopping from one train to another, a Thomas Cook, an Ibn Battuta. Where is Xanadu?

Fadia Faqir

#8. The man who has no self-respect, on the contrary, will imitate anybody and anything; sounds of nature and cries of animals alike; his whole performance will be imitation of gesture and voice.

Plato

#9. I would like to know who thinks this heart is worth one million dollars. Or maybe, I already do. A low murmur builds, rolling from the back of the room, gaining momentum as the crowd parts. I hold my breath, and

Sarah Castille

#10. What a people talk about means something. What they don't talk about means something.

William, Saroyan

#11. The biggest thing I've had to overcome was clinical depression. Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have once you can get control of your mind ... I had to stop hearing the negative voices where Jennifer was not worthy of love or living.

Jennifer Holliday

#12. You aren't a murderer, Alina."

"I think the Ravkans I just helped you slaughter would disagree.

Leigh Bardugo

#13. Never say money is hard to get. Money will hear you, and that's just what she'll be.

Reverend Ike

#14. Poems are word paintings. Poetry doesn't belong to time. That's why often you feel as if poems are speaking directly to you.

Salil Jha

#15. I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.

Najib Mikati