"When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them"
- Plato
About this Quote
This quote by Plato encourages us to live our lives in a manner that is honorable and respectable. He is suggesting that if individuals are speaking ill of us, we must make every effort to live our lives in a manner that shows them wrong. We ought to make every effort to be the best variation of ourselves and live our lives with integrity and sincerity. In this manner, even if people are speaking ill of us, they will not be able to support their claims with any proof. We need to aim to be the sort of person that individuals can admire and regard. We ought to be kind, generous, and honest in our transactions with others. We need to be a fine example for those around us and aim to make the world a better location. By living our lives in this method, we can guarantee that even if people are speaking ill of us, they will not be able to back up their claims.
"It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen"
"Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you allow to come into white schools. We have 94 percent who still live in shacks. We are going to be concerned about those 94 percent"
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"