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Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe (27 May 1819 – 17 October 1910) was an American writer, poet, and social activist.

Quotes

 * Weave no more silks, ye Lyons looms, To deck our girls for gay delights! The crimson flower of battle blooms, And solemn marches fill the nights.
 * "Our Orders" in The Atlantic Monthly (July 1861).

 * The flag of our stately battles, not struggles of wrath and greed, Its stripes were a holy lesson, its spangles a deathless creed: 'T was red with the blood of freemen and white with the fear of the foe; And the stars that fight in their courses 'gainst tyrants its symbols know.
 * "The Flag" in The Atlantic Monthly (April 1863).

 * "What is the harvest of thy saints, O God! who dost abide? Where grow the garlands of thy chiefs In blood and sorrow dyed? What have thy servants for their pains?" "This only — to have tried."
 * "Endeavor" in Godey's Magazine, Vol. 72 (1866), p. 370.

 * The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.
 * As quoted in Stories Behind the Hymns That Inspire America: Songs That Unite Our Nation (2003) by Ace Collins, p. 36.

The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1861)

 * Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
 * First lines of the published version, in the Atlantic Monthly (February 1862); Howe stated that the title “Battle Hymn of the Republic” was devised by the Atlantic editor James T. Fields.
 * Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. He is trampling out the wine press, where the grapes of wrath are stored, He hath loosed the fateful lightnings of his terrible swift sword, His truth is marching on.
 * First lines of the first manuscript version (19 November 1861).

 * I have seen him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps They have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps, I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps, His Day is marching on.
 * All versions.

 * I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: "As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God is marching on."
 * Published version, in the Atlantic Monthly (February 1862).

 * He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat. Oh! be swift my soul to answer him, be jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on.
 * Published version, in the Atlantic Monthly (February 1862)
 * He has sounded out the trumpet that shall never call retreat, He has waked the earth's dull sorrow with a high ecstatic beat...
 * First manuscript version (19 November 1861).

 * In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
 * Published version, in the Atlantic Monthly (February 1862)
 * In the whiteness of the lilies he was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that shines out on you and me, As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, Our God is marching on.
 * First manuscript version (19 November 1861).

 * He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave, He is wisdom to the mighty, he is succour to the brave, So the world shall be his footstool, and the soul of Time his slave, Our God is marching on.
 * First manuscript version (19 November 1861).

Mother's Day Proclamation (1870)

 * Arise then... women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts!

 * We, the women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.

 * From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice." Blood does not wipe our dishonor, Nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil At the summons of war, Let women now leave all that may be left of home For a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means Whereby the great human family can live in peace...

 * In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask That a general congress of women without limit of nationality, May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient And the earliest period consistent with its objects, To promote the alliance of the different nationalities, The amicable settlement of international questions, The great and general interests of peace.

What is Religion? (1893)

 * Speech at the "Parliament of World Religions", Columbian Exposition, Chicago World's Fair (1893)

 * I only hope you may be able not only to listen, but also to hear me. Your charity must multiply my small voice and do some such miracle as was done when the loaves and fishes fed the multitude in the ancient tune which has just been spoken of.

 * Before I say anything on my own account, I want to take the word Christianity back to Christ himself, back to that mighty heart whose pulse seems to throb through the world to-day, that endless fountain of charity out of which I believe has come all true progress and all civilization that deserves the name. As a woman I do not wish to dwell upon any trait of exclusiveness in the letter which belongs to a time when such exclusiveness perhaps could not be helped, and which may have been put in where it was not expressed. I go back to that great Spirit which contemplated a sacrifice for the whole of humanity. That sacrifice is not one of exclusion, but of an infinite and endless and joyous inclusion. And I thank God for it.

 * It has been extremely edifying to hear of the good theories of duty and morality and piety which the various religions advocate. I will put them all on one basis, Christian and Jewish and ethnic, which they all promulgate to mankind. But what I think we want now to do is to inquire why the practice of all nations, our own as well as any other, is so much at variance with these noble precepts? These great founders of religion have made the true sacrifice. They have taken a noble human life, full of every human longing and passion and power and aspiration, and they have taken it all to try and find out something about this question of what God meant man to be and does mean him to be. But while they have made this great sacrifice, how is it with the multitude of us? Are we making any sacrifice at all? We think it was very well that those heroic spirits should study, should agonize and bled for us. But what do we do?

 * I need not stand here to repeat any definition of what religion is. I think you will all say that it is aspiration, the pursuit of the divine in the human; the sacrifice of everything to duty for the sake of God and of humanity and of our own individual dignity.

 * What is it that passes for religion? In some countries magic passes for religion, and that is one thing I wish, in view particularly of the ethnic faiths, could be made very prominent— that religion is not magic. I am very sure that in many countries it is supposed to be so. You do something that will bring you good luck. It is for the interests of the priesthood to cherish that idea. Of course the idea of advantage in this life and in another life is very strong, and rightly very strong in all human breasts. Therefore, it is for the advantage of the priesthoods to make it to be supposed that they have in their possession certain tricks, certain charms, which will give you either some particular prosperity in this world or possibly the privilege of immortal happiness. Now, this is not religion. This is most mischievous irreligion, and I think this Parliament should say, once for all, that the name of God and the names of his saints are not things to conjure with.

 * I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another. Religion is primarily our relation to the Supreme, to God himself. It is for him to judge; it is for him to say where we belong, who is highest and who is not; of that we know nothing. And any religion which will sacrifice a certain set of human beings for the enjoyment or aggrandizement or advantage of another is no religion. It is a thing which may be allowed, but it is against true religion. Any religion which sacrifices women to the brutality of men is no religion.

 * From this Parliament let some valorous, new, strong, and courageous influence go forth, and let us have here an agreement of all faiths for one good end, for one good thing— really for the glory of God, really for the sake of humanity from all that is low and animal and unworthy and undivine.

Reminiscences (1899)

 * We returned to the city very slowly, of necessity, for the troops nearly filled the road. My dear minister was in the carriage with me, as were several other friends. To beguile the rather tedious drive, we sang from time to time snatches of the army songs so popular at that time, concluding, I think, with  John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the ground;  His soul is marching on.  The soldiers seemed to like this, and answered back, "Good for you!" Mr. Clarke said, "Mrs. Howe, why do you not write some good words for that stirring tune?" I replied that I had often wished to do this, but had not as yet found in my mind any leading toward it. I went to bed that night as usual, and slept, according to my wont, quite soundly. I awoke in the gray of the morning twilight; and as I lay waiting for the dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to twine themselves in my mind. Having thought out all the stanzas, I said to myself, "I must get up and write these verses down, lest I fall asleep again and forget them." So, with a sudden effort, I sprang out of bed, and found in the dimness an old stump of a pen which I remembered to have used the day before. I scrawled the verses almost without looking at the paper. I had learned to do this when, on previous occasions, attacks of versification had visited me in the night, and I feared to have recourse to a light lest I should wake the baby, who slept near me. I was always obliged to decipher my scrawl before another night should intervene, as it was only legible while the matter was fresh in my mind. At this time, having completed the writing, I returned to bed and fell asleep, saying to myself, "I like this better than most things that I have written."
 * On her initial inspiration for "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".

 * While the war was still in progress, I was visited by a sudden feeling of the cruel and unnecessary character of the contest. It seemed to me a return to barbarism, the issue having been one which might easily have been settled without bloodshed. The question forced itself upon me, "Why do not the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters, to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and know the cost?" I had never thought of this before. The august dignity of motherhood and its terrible responsibilities now appeared to me in a new aspect, and I could think of no better way of expressing my sense of these than that of sending forth an appeal to womanhood throughout the world, which I then and there composed.
 * On the Franco-Prussian War as the inspiration for her "Mother's Day Proclamation" of 1870 calling for mothers to arise as a social force against war in general.

Beyond the Veil

 * Essay In After Days : Thoughts on the Future Life (1910) published by Harper & Brothers

 * Have we lost our God ? Never for one moment. Unspeakable, He is; the beneficent parent, the terrible, incorruptible judge, the champion of the innocent, the accuser of the guilty, refuge, hope, redeemer, friend; neither palace walls nor prison cells can keep Him out. Every step of our way from the birth hour He has gone with us. Were we at the gallows' foot, and deservedly, He would leave a sweet drop in the cup of death. He would measure suffering to us, but would forbid despair. The victory of goodness must be complete. The lost sheep must be found — ay, and the lost soul must turn to the way in which the peace of God prevails. We learn the dreadful danger of those who wander from the right path, but we may also learn the redeeming power which recalls and reclaims them. So fade our heavens and hells. Christ, if he knew their secrets, did not betray them. On the boundless sea of conjecture we are still afloat, with such mental tools as we possess to guide us, with the skies, the stars, the seasons, seeking a harbor from which no voyager has ever returned.

 * To me has been granted a somewhat unusual experience of life. Ninety full years have been measured off to me, their lessons and opportunities unabridged by wasting disease or gnawing poverty. I have enjoyed general good health, comfortable circumstances, excellent company, and the incitements to personal effort which civilized society offers to its members. For this life and its gifts I am, I hope, devoutly thankful. I came into this world a hopeless and ignorant bit of humanity. I have found in it many helps toward the attainment of my full human stature, material, mental, moral. In this slow process of attainment many features have proved transient. Visions have come and gone. Seasons have bloomed and closed, passions have flamed and faded. Something has never left me. My relation to it has suffered many changes, but it still remains, the foundation of my life, light in darkness, consolation in ill fortune, guide in uncertainty. In the nature of things, I must soon lose sight of this sense of constant metamorphosis whose limits bound our human life. How about this unchanging element? Will it die when I shall be laid in earth? The visible world has no answer to this question. For it, dead is dead, and gone is gone. But a deep spring of life within me says: "Look beyond. Thy days numbered hitherto register a divine promise. Thy mortal dissolution leaves this promise unfulfilled, but not abrogated. Thou mayst hope that all that made thy life divine will live for thine immortal part." I have quoted Theodore Parker's great word, and have made no attempt, so far, to bring into view considerations which may set before us the fundamental distinction between what in human experience passes and what abides.

 * Life passes, but the conditions of life do not. Air, food, water, the moral sense, the mathematical problem and its solution. These things wait upon one generation much as they did upon its predecessor. What, too, is this wonderful residuum which refuses to disappear when the very features of time seem to succumb to the law of change, and we recognize our world no more ? Whence comes this system in which man walks as in an artificial frame, every weight and lever of which must correspond with the outlines of an eternal pattern? Our spiritual life appears to include three terms in one. They are ever with us, this Past which does not pass, this Future which never arrives. They are part and parcel of this conscious existence which we call Present. While Past and Future have each their seasons of predominance, both are contained in the moment which is gone while we say, "It is here." So the Eternal is with us, whether we will or not, and the idea of God is inseparable from the persuasion of immortality; the Being which, perfect in itself, can neither grow nor decline, nor indeed undergo any change whatever. The great Static of the universe, the rationale of the steadfast faith of believing souls, the sense of beauty which justifies our high enjoyments, the sense of proportion which upholds all that we can think about ourselves and our world, the sense of permanence which makes the child in very truth parent to the man, able to solve the deepest riddle, the profoundest problem in all that is. Let us then willingly take the Eternal with us in our flight among the suns and stars. Experience is our great teacher, and on this point it is wholly wanting. No one on the farther side of the great Divide has been able to inform those on the hither side of what lies beyond.

 * The promise of a future life is held to have such prominence in Christ's teaching as to lead Paul to say that the Master "brought life and immortality to light." How did he do this? By filling the life of to-day with the consciousness of eternal things, of truths and principles which would not change if the whole visible universe were to pass away. No one to-day, I think, will maintain that Christ created the hope which he aroused to an activity before undreamed of. The majority of the Jews believed in a life after death, as is shown by the segregation of the Sadducees from the orthodox of the synagogue. The new teaching vindicated the spiritual rights and interests of man. From the depths of his own heart was evolved the consciousness of a good that could not die. Man, the creature of a day, has a vested interest in things eternal.

 * The reason which placed the stars, the sense of proportion which we recognize in the planetary system, finds its correspondence in this brain of ours. We question every feature of what we see, think, and feel. We try every link of the chain and find it sound if we ourselves are sound. This power of remotest question and assent is not of to-day nor yesterday. It transcends all bounds of time and space. It weighs the sun, explores the pathway of the stars, and writes, having first carefully read, the history of earth and heaven. It moves in company with the immortals. How much of it is mortal? Only so much as a small strip of earth can cover. These remains are laid away with reverence, having served their time. But what has become of the wonderful power which made them alive ? It belongs to that in nature which cannot die.

The Walk With God (1919)

 * Extracts from Ward's journals, edited by her daughter Laura E. Richards

 * Here I am, in Quaker surroundings, whose restful simplicity is most congenial to me. I feel here the earnest desire for genuine growth and culture which founds a slow but sure success. I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.
 * 7 June 1874
 * I feel that I must attack this creed of blood, which does much to keep up the cruel and sanguinary views of barbarous ages about God and man. Will take text, "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven." Show that Christ brought a new interest into the world; a new vision of God, the loving one; a new view of man, the hopeful and universal one; his death in its character the seal to his perfect life. But we are saved by his doctrine, by the same spirit which animated his life, — we are saved by his life, not by his death, except as it was the necessary moral sequence of his life.
 * 13 June 1875.

 * Charity is an unending self-discipline which always looks and leads towards the eternal affection. Therefore, its triumph shall be lasting and everlasting.
 * 23 July 1875.

 * "We can teach no virtues we do not practice," occurred to me this afternoon; for without learning by experience how a virtue is acquired, how can we teach any one to acquire it? I thought of this in connection with the experience of undutiful children. By the working of this natural cause, they will not make their own children dutiful. Read in Luke of the angel which appeared to Christ in Gethsemane, strengthening Him. We all see this angel when we say truly, "Thy will, not mine, be done."
 * 22 August 1875.

 * There is no hell like that of a selfish heart, and there is no misfortune so great as that of not being able to make a sacrifice. These two thoughts come to me strongly this morning. It is something to have learned these truths so that we can never again doubt them.
 * 22 August 1875.

Quotes about

 * see how long Julia Ward Howe lived, and many other old ladies of whom I have read with delight in the American papers. How beautiful it is to see and hear an old woman of eighty or ninety addressing words of love and reason to the young generation!
 * Catherine Breshkovsky April 1912 writing in The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution edited by Alice Stone Blackwell 1918

 * Julia Ward Howe, although this was only discovered about ten years ago, wrote a novel about a hermaphrodite--a man/woman who loves both men and women--that most critics now think was her own meditation on her husband's bisexuality.
 * Michael Bronski Interview (2012)

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Orl Unho

Orl Unho (born 1976) is an American playwright with a large cult following.

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 * It has nothing to do with belief. It's a fact.  It's the truth!  As a scientist, I know it's true because science is based on skepticism.  We consider all possibilities equally and decide on facts based on what stands up to empirical evidence.  Which is how I know that you gomers are absolutely and totally wrong.
 * Sex Ed (2005)

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The result was: deleted. — Aphaia 06:21, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Jason Dunn

 * A vanity page by some random kid. Jason Dunn has been speedily deleted as patent nonsense. Looking the deleted version, this page seems to be about the same person. jni 04:37, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED: deleted. (3 deletes, no dissent) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aphaia (talk • contribs) 06:21, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Attack of the Teen Vanities. — Jeff Q (talk) 11:58, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity. --Aphaia 14:34, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. vanity. Sams 21:49, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

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Grant Dowell

 * Couldn't find this person with Google. Content is quite inane. jni 16:55, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED: Delete. 3 deletes, no dissent. --Aphaia 06:20, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This may be a U. of North Carolina graduate student. (Judging by the frequency and insipidity of these college vanity pages, the U.S. educational system is clearly doomed.) — Jeff Q (talk) 20:50, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity. --Aphaia 14:36, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
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James Norman Bowks Sr.

 * Was voted on in conjunction with Jacinto Javier Bowks de la Rosa (first entry).

Both created by User:ILVI, the first page is himself, the second presumably a relative. Neither has any notability outside of Wikiquotes and its mirrors. Rmhermen 00:09, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC) Deleted. — Jeff Q (talk) 23:55, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: The first is the editor himself according to his userpage on Wiktionary, so it should be on his own page (not on normal namespace), the latter can't be found elsewhere than this page, and almost meaningless, so should be deleted. --Aphaia 17:20, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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"Let's go and vandalize Wikiquote and Wikipedia" - this quote was the first warning sign. Further evidence from other projects made me to conclude this is a work of w:User:Gazwim. Looking at deleted revisions of Gary Wilmott we find: * 01:45, 2 Dec 2004. . Norm (The Gary Wilmott vandal returns) * 09:14, 1 Dec 2004. . 212.219.56.244    * 14:40, 11 Oct 2004. . Gazwim (Redirect) where the earliest revision is a redirect to Gazwim's user page and second is the same IP as is the sole author of the quote page. Delete since this appears to be a page about a non-notable Wikipedian who has a history of vandalism. jni 18:18, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Inane. --Eustace Tilley 22:45, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Raymond Radiguet

Raymond Radiguet (1903 – 1923) was a French novelist and poet.

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 * L'originalité consiste à essayer de faire comme tout le monde sans y parvenir.
 * Translation: Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else — and failing.
 * As quoted by Jean Cocteau in his acceptance speech to the Académie Française (20 October 1955)

 * Tout âge porte ses fruits, il faut savoir les cueillir.
 * Translation: Every age bears its fruits, it's all in knowing how to harvest them.
 * Raymond Radiguet: Le bal du comte d'Orgel. Paris 1924. P. 15.

 * Les manoeuvres inconscientes d'une âme pure sont encore plus singulières que les combinaisons du vice
 * Translation: The uncounscious actions of a pure soul are even more strange than the vice's schemes.
 * Raymond Radiguet: Le bal du comte d'Orgel. Paris 1924. P. 1.

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A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer animated film about an oddball ant named Flik, who recruits circus bugs to defend his colony from grasshoppers.
 * Directed by John Lasseter. Written by Andrew Stanton.

An epic of miniature proportions.(taglines)

Flik

 * [after Heimlich suggests that he tell the truth] They can't! They can't know the truth! The truth, you see, is bad! I will be branded with this mistake for the rest of my life! My children's children will walk down the street, and people will point and say "Look! There goes the spawn of Flik the loser!" Oh, oh, oh, you know, all right fine. Yeah okay. Just go. But could you do me a little favor before you leave? If you could squish me.

Hopper

 * I swear, if I hadn't promised mother on her deathbed that I wouldn't kill you, I would kill you!
 * Listen, if you don't keep your end of the bargain, then I can't guarantee your safety! And there are insects out there that will take advantage of you! Someone could get hurt.
 * It seems to me that you ants are forgetting your place. So let's double the order of food. [Princess Atta: No! But-But-] We'll be back at the end of the season, when the last leaf falls. You ants have a nice summer. LET'S RIDE!
 * Guys, order another round, because we're staying here! What was I thinking? Going back to Ant Island. I mean, we just got here, and we have more than enough food to get us through the winter. Right? Why go back?
 * You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life! It's not about food. It's about keeping those ants in line. That's why we're going BACK! Does anybody else wanna stay?
 * YOU LITTLE TERMITES! I GIVE YOU A SECOND CHANCE, AND THIS IS ALL I GET?!
 * HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING ALL SUMMER?! YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME?! [Princess Atta: No, no! Please!] WELL, GUESS WHAT... you just lost. NOT ONE ANT SLEEPS UNTIL WE GET EVERY SCRAP OF FOOD ON THIS ISLAND!!!
 * Let this be a lesson to all you ants! Ideas are very dangerous things! You are mindless, soil-shoving losers, put on this Earth to serve us!

Manny

 * You listen to me, my boy. I've made a living out of being a failure, and you, sir, are not a failure!

Dialogue

 * [First lines; As the line of ants marched to the stone, one ant spotted a shadow moving across the ground. He looked up and gasped. A leaf was falling from the overhead tree]
 * Scared Ant #1: [gasps] No, no, no, Oh, no. Oh, no.
 * [a leaf lands in front of one of the worker ants in the food line]
 * Scared Ant #1: I'm lost! Where's the line?! It just went away! What do I do?!
 * Scared Ant #2: Help!
 * Scared Ant #3: We'll be stuck here forever!
 * Mr. Soil: Do not panic. Do not panic! We are trained professionals. Now, stay calm. We are going around the leaf.
 * Scared Ant #1: Around the leaf. I-I-I don't think we can do that.
 * Mr. Soil: Oh, nonsense. This is nothing compared to the twig of '93. [gestured for the line of nervous ants to come towards him] That's it. That's it. Good! You're doing great! There you go. There you go! Watch my eyes. Don't look away. And here's the line again.
 * Scared Ant #1: [gleeful shout] Thank you! Thank you, Mr. Soil!
 * Mr. Soil: Good job, everybody!
 * Dr. Flora: Oh, my. There's quite a gap, Mr. Soil. Shouldn't we tell the queen?
 * Mr. Soil: I don't think we need to involve the queen in this. She's got enough on her plate already, training her daughter.
 * Dr. Flora: Oh, yes, Princess Atta. The poor dear.

 * Princess Atta: Oh... Wind's died down. They'll be here soon.
 * Queen: Just be confident, dear. You'll be fine.
 * Atta: Ah! There's a gap. There's a gap in the line! What are we gonna do?!
 * Thorny: It's okay, Your Highness. Gaps happen. We just lost a few inches, that's all.
 * Atta: Oh, right. [Quietly hovers over Thorny's shoulder]
 * Thorny: Your Highness, I can't count when you hover like that.
 * Atta: Oh, of course. I'm sorry. [chuckles] Go ahead.
 * Queen: Guys, go shade someone else for a while. Okay, Atta. Now what do we do?
 * Atta: Oh! Don't tell me. I know it. I know it. What is it?
 * Queen: We relax!
 * Atta: Right.
 * Queen: Oh, it'll be fine. It's the same, year after year. They come, they eat, they leave. That's our lot in life. It's not a lot, but it's our life. [laughs] Isn't that right, Aphie? Oh, you're such a cute little aphid. [As she sets Aphie down, the 2 ant boys pop out of a hole in the ground]
 * Reed: Ditch Dot!
 * Grub: Yeah, yeah!
 * Dot: Hey, come back here! [tries to hover after the boys, but drops to the ground]
 * Queen: Dot!
 * Dot: Yes, Mother.
 * Queen: What did I tell you about trying to fly?
 * Dot: Not until my wings grow in.
 * Queen: Right.
 * Dot: But, Mom...
 * Atta: Dot, you're a young queen ant, and your wings are too little to be...
 * Dot: I was talking to Mother! You're not the queen yet, Atta!
 * Queen: Now, Dot, be nice to your sister.
 * Dot: It's not my fault she's so stressed out.
 * Atta: [sighs] I know, I know. [sighs] I'm always acting like the sky is falling. [A huge stalk of grain falls on top of her]

 * Dr. Flora: Hey! Stop that!
 * Mr. Soil: What do you think you're doing?!
 * Dr. Flora: You could have killed somebody over here!
 * Flik: [looks up and gasps, running over] I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
 * Thorny: [annoyed] Oh, it's Flik.
 * [Cornelius groans]
 * Flik: I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! I'm sorry! [The council members lift the stalk, freeing Atta] Princess Atta!
 * Atta: Flik, what are you doing?
 * Flik: Oh... Oh, this? This is my new idea for harvesting grain! No more picking individual kernels! You can just cut down the entire stalk!
 * Atta: Flik, we don't have time for this.
 * Flik: Exactly! We never have time to collect food for ourselves, because we spend all summer harvesting for the offering. But my invention will speed up production.
 * Atta: [groans] Another invention?
 * Flik: Yeah, and I've got something for you, too. [Picks up a blade of grass and folds it into a cone]
 * Atta: [sighs] Flik!
 * Flik: Since you're gonna be queen soon, you could use this to oversee production. [borrows a dewdrop from Dr. Flora] Dr. Flora, if I may.
 * Dr. Flora: [gasps] Oh!
 * Atta: This is all very nice, but...
 * Thorny: What?
 * Flik: Just an ordinary blade of grass and a bead of dew, right?
 * Atta: Flik, please.
 * Flik: Wrong! It is, in fact... [drops the dewdrop in the middle of the blade] A telescope!
 * [Dot and Queen laugh]
 * Atta: It's very clever, Flik, but...
 * [Flik peers at Atta through the telescope]
 * Flik: Hello, princess! My, aren't you looking lovely this morning! Not, of course, that you would need a telescope to see that...
 * Thorny: All right, listen! Princess doesn't have time for this! You wanna help us fill this thing?! Then get rid of that machine, get back in line and pick grain like everybody else!
 * Cornelius: Like everybody else!
 * Atta: Please, Flik. Just go.
 * Flik: I'm sorry. I was... I was really just trying... Trying to help.
 * Cornelius: Harvester. Why, we've harvested the same way ever since I was a pupa.

 * [In the anthill, the whole colony is waiting for the grasshoppers to have their feast then leave]
 * Princess Atta: They come, they eat, they leave. They come, they eat, they leave.
 * Flik: Excuse me, pardon me. Pardon me, excuse me. Coming through. Excuse me. Excuse me. Sorry, sorry. [he runs through the crowd to make his way to Atta] Coming through. Princess Atta, there's something I need to tell you.
 * [Flik shuts up and bites his finger in fear, waiting for the inevitable]
 * Atta: Not now, Flik.
 * Flik: But, Your Highness, it's about the offering!
 * Atta: Shhh!''
 * Grasshopper #1: Hey, what's going on?
 * Grasshopper #2: Yeah, where's the food?
 * [all ants gasp]
 * Atta: [angrily to Flik] What did you do?
 * Flik: [all ants turn to him, nervously] It was an accident?
 * [An ugly foot punches a hole in the ground followed by several more feet punching more holes as the grasshoppers drop into the anthill]
 * Molt: [first words] Boo! Where's the food?!
 * [As the ants try to hide, a tall, brown grasshopper lands in front of Flik and two other ants]
 * Flik: Hopper.
 * [Hopper paces back and forth around]
 * Hopper: [first words] So, where is it? WHERE'S MY FOOD?! [echoes]
 * Atta: I-Isn't it up there?
 * Hopper: What?!
 * Atta: The food was sitting in a leaf on top-
 * Hopper: [interrupts] EXCUSE ME?!
 * Atta: Are you sure it's not up there?
 * Hopper: Are you saying I'm stupid?
 * Atta: No.
 * Hopper: Do I look stupid... to you? Let's just think about the logic, shall we? Let's just think about it for a second. If it was up there, would I be coming down here, [leans into Atta] to your level, LOOKING FOR IT?! Why am I even talking to you? You're not the queen. You don't smell like the queen.
 * Queen: She-She's learning to take over for me, Hopper.
 * Hopper: Oh, I see! Under new management. So it's your fault.
 * Atta: No, it wasn't me, it was-
 * Hopper: Uh-uh-uh. First rule of leadership: Everything is your fault.
 * Atta: But-But-I-
 * Hopper: [Crouching beside Atta] It's a bug-eat-bug world out there, Princess. One of those circle-of-life kind of things. Now, let me tell you how things are supposed to work. The sun grows the food, the ants pick the food, the grasshoppers eat the food--
 * Molt: [annoyingly interrupts Hopper] And the birds eat the grasshoppers! Hey, like the one that nearly ate you, you remember? You remember? Oh, you shoulda seen it.
 * Hopper: Molt.
 * Molt: This blue jay has him halfway down his throat, okay? And Hopper's kickin' and screamin', okay? And I'm scared, okay? I'm not goin' anywhere near, okay? [Hopper furiously approaches Molt] Aw, come on. It's a great story. [Hopper angrily grabs his antennae] Ow! Ow! Ow!
 * Hopper: [violently pushes him against a wall] I swear, if I hadn't promised mother on her deathbed that I wouldn't kill you, I would kill you!
 * Molt: And believe me, no one appreciates that more than I do.
 * Hopper: Shut up! I don't want to hear another word out of you while we're on this island. Do you understand me? [Molt whimpers] I said, do you understand me?!
 * Molt: Well, how can I answer?! You said I couldn't say another word! [Hopper enraged is about to punch him] Ah! Remember Ma!
 * Hopper: [furiously turns and angrily punches another grasshopper; calms down becoming reasonable] Hey, I'm a compassionate insect. There's still a few months till the rains come, so you can all just try again.
 * Queen: But, Hopper, since it's almost the rainy season, we need this time to gather food for ourselves!
 * Hopper: Listen, if you don't keep your end of the bargain, then I can't guarantee your safety! And there are insects out there that will take advantage of you! Someone could get hurt. [He evilly snaps his fingers and calls out Thumper who scares Dot; she tries to run away but is caught by Hopper; he brings her face-to-face with Thumper] What's the matter? You scared of grasshoppers? You don't like Thumper?
 * Flik: [steps forward] Leave her alone!
 * Hopper: [turns to Flik] You want her? [He holds Dot above Flik] Go ahead. Take her. [Flik stands down in fear] No? Then get back in line. [Flik goes back in line; releases Dot, who returns to her family] It seems to me that you ants are forgetting your place. So let's double the order of food.
 * Atta: No! But-But-
 * Hopper: We'll be back at the end of the season, when the last leaf falls. [pulls a skin flake off Molt and lets it slowly drop like a leaf] You ants have a nice summer. LET'S RIDE!
 * [The grasshoppers all fly away and the entire colony stares at Flik, who chuckles nervously]

 * [Later, Atta banging a gavel inside a large courtroom with the Queen and the Council of Elders]
 * Atta: Flik, what do you have to say for yourself?
 * Flik: Sorry. I-I'm sorry for the way I am. I didn't mean for things to go so wrong. I...especially didn't want to make you look bad, Princess.
 * Atta: Well, Flik, you did.
 * Flik: I was just trying to help.
 * Mr. Soil: Then help us. Don't help us.
 * Flik: Help? Help? Help?
 * Atta: Flik, you are sentenced to one month digging in the tunnels.
 * Thorny: Uh, excuse me, Your Highness. Need I remind you of Flik's tunnel-within-a-tunnel project?
 * Flik: Helpers to help us. That could... That's it! We could...
 * Thorny: It took the whole engineering department two days to dig him out. Send him to Health and Ant Services.
 * Dr. Flora: Heavens, no!
 * Flik: We could leave the island. The riverbed's dry right now. We could just walk right across the riverbed. We could go get helpers. We could! We could leave, sure. We could go find helpers to help us. It's perfect!
 * Queen: Perfect? What's so perfect?
 * Flik: Your Highness, don't you see? We could send someone to get help!
 * [Ant council gasps]
 * Atta: Leave the island?
 * Queen: Why didn't I think of that? Oh, because it's suicide!
 * Thorny: She's right. We never leave the island.
 * Cornelius: Never leave!
 * Thorny: There's snakes and birds and bigger bugs out there!
 * Flik: Exactly! Bigger bugs! We could find bigger bugs to come here and fight and forever rid us of Hopper and his gang!
 * Mr. Soil: Ludicrous!
 * Dr. Flora: Who would do a crazy thing like that?
 * Flik: I'll volunteer. I'd be very happy to volunteer.
 * Queen: [laughs] You got a lot of spunk, kid, but no one's gonna help a bunch of ants.
 * Dr. Flora: At least we could try. Oh, I-I could... I could travel to the city. I could search there!
 * Atta: If you went, you'd be on that silly search for weeks.
 * Thorny: Royal huddle. [whispering] Great idea, princess. It's perfect.
 * Cornelius: Exactly.
 * Atta: Wait a minute. What did we just decide here?
 * Mr. Soil: To let Flik leave.
 * Cornelius: While we keep harvesting to meet Hopper's demands.
 * Dr. Flora: You see? With Flik gone, he can't...
 * Atta: He can't mess anything up! [After talking with the Council] Flik, after much deliberation, we have decided... to grant you your request!
 * Flik: Really?
 * Queen: Really?
 * Atta: Uh, really.
 * Flik: Oh! Thank you, princess. Thank you so much for this chance. I-I-I won't let you down, I promise, I promise, I promise, I promise.
 *  Atta: Yeah, yeah, that's fine, that's fine. No, forget it, forget it.
 * Flik: But I should probably help repair some of the damage before I go, don't you think...
 * Ant Council: No! No, no!
 * Princess Atta: Just go. Just go.
 * Cornelius: Just leave!

 * Flik: [suavely] Don't worry! The colony is in good hands! Bye, now.
 * [An ants cheering]
 * Flik: [breathes in] All right. Hey, fellas. Beautiful morning, huh?
 * Grub: [Sliding down a clover. Reed follows] My dad says he gives you one hour before you come back to the island crying.
 * Flik: Does he now?
 * Reed: My dad doesn't think that.
 * Flik: He doesn't, huh?
 * Reed: Nah, he's betting you're gonna die.
 * Flik: Oh.
 * Reed: Yeah, he says if the heat doesn't get you, the birds will.
 * Dot: Well, I think he's gonna make it.
 * Reed: Nobody asked you, Your Royal Shortness.
 * Grub: Yeah, Dot. What do you know?
 * Flik: Hey, hey, hey. Ease up, all right? Come on. She's entitled to her opinion, too. Ohh...
 * Grub: So go, already. Hey!
 * Reed: The city's that way!
 * Flik: I know.
 * Reed: You're supposed to look for bugs, not dandelions!
 * Dot: You leave him alone. He knows what he's doing.
 * Flik: That's right! Here I go! For the colony and for oppressed ants everywhere! Whoa...
 * Dot: Wow!
 * Flik: Hey!
 * Dot: Bye, Flik!
 * Flik: Wow. Whoa!
 * Dot: Good luck, Flik!
 * Flik: Bye! [pained grunt]
 * Dot: Flik!
 * Flik: [muffled] I'm okay!
 * Reed: Your dad's right. He's gonna die.
 * Dot: You just watch. He's gonna get the bestest, roughest bugs you've ever seen!

 * [Dim roaring]
 * Rosie: Get back! Get back! Get back, you horrible beast! I have no fear!
 * Dim: Oh! [whimpers]
 * Rosie: Oh, no.
 * [Dim crying, the other flies booing]
 * Rosie: Oh, I'm so sorry, Dim. An owie?
 * Dim: Owie! Owie, owie! [sobs]
 * Rosie: Okay, show Rosie the owie. All right, Dim. It's okay.

 * Fly Mom: [frustrated sighs] I have been in outhouses that didn't stink that bad. This is ridiculous. What a disappointment.
 * [A small flea in a top hat, P.T. Flea, jumps outside the tent]
 * P.T.: [gasps] No!
 * Complaining Fly: You! Come here! I want my money back!
 * P.T.: Uh, no refunds after the first two minutes!
 * Cockroach: Popcorn! Stale popcorn!
 * P.T.: We're losing the audience! You clowns get out there now!
 * Heimlich: I hate performing on an empty stomach!
 * P.T.: Do your act, Heimlich, then you can eat!
 * Slim: P.T., what's the point?
 * P.T.: Not now, Slim.
 * Slim: What's the point of going out there? They'll only laugh at me.
 * P.T.: That's because you're a CLOWN!
 * Slim: No, it's because I'm a PROP! You always cast me as the broom! The pole! The stick! A splinter!
 * P.T.: You're a walking stick! IT'S FUNNY! NOW, GO!
 * Slim: You parasite.
 * [The other flies booing. Slim and Francis prance in the arena with flowers on their heads]
 * Slim: [dryly] Tra-la-la-la-la. Spring is in the air, and I'm a flower with nothing interesting to say.
 * Francis: [high-pitched] Ah!
 * Slim: A bee!
 * Heimlich: I am a cute little bumblebee!
 * [Heimlich begins chasing Slim and Francis around the arena]
 * Heimlich: Here I come!
 * [Slim and Francis dramatically screaming]

 * Flik: ''YOU'RE PERFECT! Oh, great ones! I have been scouting for bugs with your exact talents!
 * Gypsy: [gasps] A talent scout.
 * Flik: My colony's in trouble. Grasshoppers are coming! We've been forced to prepare all this food.
 * Manny: Dinner theater!
 * Heimlich: Food?
 * Flik: [pleading] PLEASE! Will you help us?!
 * Thud: [groan]
 * Fly: Where are they?
 * Slim: We'll take the job!
 * Flik: Really?
 * Heimlich: Yah! Yah!

 * Flik: [has just realized the "warrior bugs" are from the circus] Your Highness! The warriors have called a secret meeting to make plans for circus… Uh, circumventing the oncoming horde, so they can trapeze… Trap them with ease!
 * Princess Atta: Well, shouldn't I come, too?
 * Flik: No! Ha ha ha! Sorry. No, no, see it's classified in the DMZ, gotta go ASAP, you know, strictly BYOB. Bye!

 * Atta: You don't think I've offended the warriors, do you?
 * Flik: You? No!
 * Atta: Oh, good. Because, you see, when you first brought them here, I'd thought you'd hired a bunch of clowns!
 * Flik: [voice suddenly higher] You did?
 * [laughs nervously]

 * Flik: Princess, you're doing a great job.
 * Atta: Thanks. You're sweet. You're wrong, but sweet. I know what everyone really thinks.
 * Flik: I don't follow.
 * Atta: Everyone, the whole colony. Nobody really believes I can do this job. It's like they're all watching me. Just... just...
 * Flik: Waiting for you to screw up.
 * Atta: Flik, I owe you an apology.
 * Flik: For what?
 * Atta: Well, I haven't been that nice to you, and I'm sorry. If there's any way I can make it up to you... Hey! I know! How would you like to be the queen's official aide to the warrior bugs?
 * Flik: Me?
 * Atta: Oh, sure. You've got a great rapport going with them, especially after that rescue. It was very brave.

 * Hopper: Guys, order another round, because we're staying here!
 * [the other grasshoppers cheer]
 * Hopper: What was I thinking? Going back to Ant Island. I mean, we just got here, and we have more than enough food to get us through the winter. Right? Why go back?
 * [the music continues and the rest of the gang begins to party again]
 * Hopper: But there was that ant that stood up to me.
 * Axel: Yeah, but we can forget about him!
 * Loco: Yeah, it was just one ant.
 * [the rest of the gang agrees, mocking the ants]
 * Hopper: [sarcastically] Yeah, you're right! It's just one ant!
 * Loco: Yeah, boss. They're puny!
 * Hopper: Hmm, puny. Say, let's pretend this grain is a puny little ant. [Throws the grain at Loco] Didn't that hurt?
 * Loco: Nope.
 * Hopper: Well, what's this? [Hopper throws another grain at Axel]
 * Axel: Are you kidding me?
 * [the other grasshoppers, even Thumper, laugh]
 * Hopper: Well, how about this? [He pulls the lid off the jar, releasing an avalanche of grain that buries and kills Axel and Loco leaving all the grasshoppers shocked. Hopper then climbs on top of the grain pile] You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life! It's not about food. It's about keeping those ants in line. That's why we're going BACK! Does anybody else wanna stay?
 * [the grasshoppers are all set]
 * Molt: He's quite the motivational speaker, isn't he?
 * Hopper: Let's ride!
 * [the grasshoppers fly off to Ant Island]

 * Atta: You mean you're not warriors?
 * P.T.: Are you kiddin'? These guys are the lousiest circus bugs you've ever seen, and they're gonna make me rich!
 * Thorny: You mean to tell me that our entire defensive strategy was concocted by clowns?!
 * Francis: Hey, hey, hey, hey. We really thought Flik's idea was gonna work.
 * [all ants gasp and angrily turn to Flik, while the fireflies put a spotlight on him]
 * Francis: [realizes his mistake] Oops.
 * Atta: [sternly] Tell me this isn't true.
 * Flik: No, you don't understand me.
 * Cornelius: This couldn't have happened at a more inopportune time! The last leaf is about to fall!
 * Atta: We haven't collected any food for the grasshoppers!
 * Thorny: If Hopper finds out what we almost did-
 * Queen: [angrily] Hopper is not going to find out! We're going to hide all this, and pretend it never happened! [angrily points to Circus Bugs] You bugs were never here, so I suggest you all leave!
 * Flik [gets in front of Circus Bugs] But the bird! The bird will work!
 * Queen: I never thought I'd see the day when an ant would put himself before the rest of his colony.
 * Flik: [shocked] What?
 * Queen: The point is, Flik, you lied to us.
 * Flik: No, it's not true, I just-!
 * Atta: [walks to Flik, hurt and angry] You lied, Flik. You lied to her. You lied to the colony! You lied to me! And like an idiot, I believed you.
 * Flik: But I was just afraid that if you knew I'd gotten circus bugs. [looks at Princess Atta still mad, sighs] I just wanted to make a difference.
 * Atta: I want you to leave, Flik. And this time, don't come back.
 * [Flik hangs his head in sadness, Dot gasps. Flik and Circus Bugs then sadly leave]
 * P.T.: Tough crowd. [Snaps the reins and the wagon rolls off] Yee-haw!
 * Dot: [sadly, while the Queen holds her back as Flik and the bugs leave] Flik...

 * Slim: Ladies and gentlebugs! Larvae of all stages! Rub your legs together for the world's greatest bug circus!
 * [the circus wagon arrives with the circus music playing]
 * Hopper: WAIT A MINUTE! [music screeches to a halt]
 * Heimlich: [nervously] I think I'm going to wet myself!
 * Francis: [out of the corner of his mouth] Steady...
 * Hopper: What's going on here?
 * Atta: Well, uh...
 * Slim: Uh, yes. We were invited by Princess Atta as a surprise for your arrival.
 * Hopper: Squish 'em.
 * [Slim and Francis gasp; the grasshoppers advance on the circus bugs; Dim, scared, backs into the cannon launching Tuck and Roll out of it; they dance in front of the grasshoppers, singing their usual gibberish, then get into a fight]
 * Hopper: Now, that's funny.
 * [he and the other grasshoppers sit back in their seats laughing hysterically]
 * Hopper: I guess we could use a little entertainment. Looks like you did something right for once, Princess.

 * Hopper: You piece of dirt! No, I'm wrong. You're lower than dirt. You're an ant! [to the ant colony] Let this be a lesson to all you ants! Ideas are very dangerous things! You are mindless, soil-shoving losers, put on this Earth to serve us!
 * Flik: [gets up weakly, pause] Ants are not meant to serve grasshoppers! I've seen these ants do great things, and year after year they somehow manage to pick food for themselves and you! So who is the weaker species?! ANTS DON'T SERVE GRASSHOPPERS! IT'S YOU WHO NEED US! We're a lot stronger than you say we are... And you know it, don't you?
 * [Hopper knocks Flik back to the ground and prepares to stomp on him to his death, but the princess stops him]
 * Hopper: Well, princess.
 * Molt: Uh, Hopper? I hate to interrupt, but um...
 * [Hopper then sees all the ants who are now angry at him, preparing for a final battle.]
 * Hopper: YOU ANTS STAY BACK!
 * ''[The ants puts their arms around each other to fight, including Circus Bugs.]
 * Molt: [backs away scared along with the other grasshoppers] Oh, this was such a bad idea!
 * Princess Atta: You see, Hopper, nature has a certain order. The ants pick the food, the ants keep the food, and the grasshoppers... leave!

 * [during the rain, Hopper lands in front of Flik]
 * Flik: [gasps] Hopper!
 * Hopper: You think it's over?!
 * Flik: [backs up to the bird's nest] No, no, no. No, I can explain.
 * Hopper: All your little stunt did was buy them time!
 * Flik: No, please! Please, Hopper!
 * Hopper: [starts choking Flik] I'll get more grasshoppers and be back next season, but you won't! [a bird pops up; Hopper looks up] Well, what's this? Another one of your little bird tricks?
 * Flik: [smiles] Yep!
 * Hopper: Are there a bunch of little girls in this one, too? Hello, girls!
 * [The bird roars, Hopper screams and drops Flik. He tries to run away, but the bird blocks him, picks him up by his beak and flies mid-air above the nest where the chicks were hatched.]
 * Hopper: [last words] No, no! No, no, no! [screams] No! OH, NOOOOOOOO!!! OH, NO, NO, NO! [The camera zooms in on the chicks’ mouths]

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 * P.T.: Hey, let's go. We got a schedule to keep. Come on. Let's go.
 * [A number of acrobat ants cartwheel into the wagon]
 * Ant acrobats: Hup, hup, hup, hup, hey!
 * P.T.: Hey, Tiny! Let's get this show packed up! We got paying customers hatching!
 * [Molt carries supplies into the wagon]
 * Molt: Yes, Mr. Flea. Yes, sir. Of course, sir. Right away, sir. And, um, I just wanted to thank you for giving me a chance, because it's an honor to work with creative giants such as yourself.
 * [P.T. motions the fireflies to close the wagon door]
 * Molt: [last words] Shutting up.
 * [P.T. jumps on top of the wagon]
 * P.T.: You sure you can't come on tour with us?
 * Flik: Sorry. My place is here.
 * Atta: [quietly] Good answer.
 * P.T.: Oh, well. Your loss. One minute, insects!
 * [Flik and Atta walk over to the circus troupe]
 * Atta: I want to thank all of you for giving us back our hope, our dignity... and our lives.
 * Slim: And to you, Princess Atta. You have given us so much. Please accept this gift from us bugs to you ants.
 * [Manny twirls a leaf and produces a large rock, handing it to Atta]
 * Manny: For you!
 * Atta: Oh! [chuckles] It's a rock.
 * [Manny, Slim and Francis congratulate each other]
 * Cornelius: What's with the rock?
 * Thorny: Must be a circus thing.
 * [Dot giggles]
 * Rosie: Well, Flik, you really goofed up. [quavering] Thanks.
 * Flik: [quavering] Yeah. You, too.
 * [Rosie begins to clap for Flik, followed by the rest of the troupe and the entire ant colony. Atta kisses Flik on the cheek. The queen removes her crown, placing it on Atta’s. Atta tosses her tiara to Dot who flies up and catches it on her head. Dot giggles]
 * P.T.: [sniffles] All right. Now it's getting mushy. We're out of here! [Snaps the reins and the millipedes pulling the wagon move as the bugs take off and Dim lifts the wagon into the air]
 * Grub: Whoa!
 * Rosie: See you next season!
 * Slim: See you, Flik!
 * Gypsy: Bye! We miss you already!
 * Tuck: You fired!
 * Roll: You fired!
 * Slim: [gasps] We forgot Heimlich!
 * [A chrysalis hangs on a nearby tree root. It opens to reveal Heimlich's face]
 * Heimlich: I'm finished! Finally, I'm a beautiful butterfly!
 * [Heimlich struggles and slides out of the chrysalis, looking largely the same as before but now a green and blue color and with two bulges on his back. Heimlich grunts. Two tiny butterfly wings pop out of the bulges]
 * Heimlich: Mein wings! Oh, they're beautiful!
 * Flik: Heimlich! The wagon's taking off! You better start flying!
 * [Flik and other ants lift up Heimlich]
 * Heimlich: But I am flying! And from way up here, you all look like little ants!
 * [Francis and Manny fly down and carry Heimlich away.]
 * Heimlich: Auf Wiedersehen!
 * Flik: Bye!
 * Slim: And thank you!

Taglines

 * An epic of miniature proportions.

Cast

 * Dave Foley — Flik
 * Kevin Spacey — Hopper
 * Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Princess Atta
 * Hayden Panettiere — Dot
 * Phyllis Diller — The Queen
 * Richard Kind — Molt
 * David Hyde Pierce — Slim
 * Joe Ranft — Heimlich
 * Denis Leary — Francis
 * Jonathan Harris — Manny

 * Madeline Kahn — Gypsy
 * Bonnie Hunt — Rosie
 * Mike McShane — Tuck & Roll
 * John Ratzenberger — P.T. Flea
 * Brad Garrett — Dim
 * Bill Farmer — Scared Ant #3
 * Roddy McDowall — Mr. Soil
 * Edie McClurg — Dr. Flora
 * Alex Rocco — Thorny
 * David Ossman — Cornelius

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Guinevere Jones

Guinevere Jones (2002) is a children's television show created by Elizabeth Stewart. It revolves around the adventures of the title character as she uses magic to fight evil, while at the same time dealing with problems and difficulties of high school.

Episode 1.1: Hard Rain

 * [6th Century Camelot: Guinevere is confronted and threatened by Morgana and then saved by Merlin]
 * Morgana: You cannot run away from me.
 * Guinevere: How dare you threaten the Queen.
 * Morgana: Queen? For how long? Once your precious Arthur learns what you've done, you will help me find the crystal.
 * Guinevere: Never!
 * Merlin: Enough of your trickery, Morgana!
 * Guinevere: Merlin, I have failed you.
 * Morgana: Your time is over, old man. I am not done with you, girl. I will have the crystal, if it takes a thousand years.

 * [Gwen and Tasha meet Merlin]
 * Gwen: Look, I don't believe in magic.
 * Merlin: Well then, at last, I have your attention.
 * Tasha: Who are you?
 * Merlin: I am Merlin, of course. And you are?
 * Tasha: Uh, Tasha.
 * Merlin: She is your servant?
 * Gwen: What?
 * Merlin: This Tasha, she is your servant?
 * Gwen: No she's... no.
 * Merlin: Guinevere, must we go through this with every lifetime?
 * Gwen: My name's Gwen.
 * Merlin: At least it's close this time.
 * Gwen: What?
 * Merlin: Your name. You've had quite a few since you were Guinevere. Mari, Svetlana, Fujiko, of course they were just your human reincarnations.
 * Tasha: Are you saying she's...?
 * Merlin: Yes, that explains it.
 * Tasha: Explains what?
 * Merlin: Your dim-wittedness of course! Your soul is in it's mere infancy. Your's on the other hand is one of the Ancients. You were first born in a time of great magic. Magic is your birthright and your destiny.
 * Tasha: Are you dead?
 * Merlin: Do I look dead?
 * Tasha: I was just asking!
 * Merlin: I am projecting myself here from my own time, through means beyond your comprehension!
 * Tasha: Try me!
 * Gwen: Stop it! This isn't happening! [Gwen runs away]
 * Merlin: Guinevere!

Episode 1.2: Psyched

 * [Karen Jones is possessed by a Demon]
 * Karen Jones: Evil is a river running through time.

Episode 1.3: That Old Black Magic

 * [Merlin training Gwen]
 * Merlin: Concentrate. Focus. Concentrate your mind. It is simply a matter of who has the greater will.
 * Gwen: It's a stone. Stones don't have will.

 * [Gwen, Tasha and Morgana talking]
 * Morgana: Hot blood and lack of sense. It was Guinevere's downfall, and because of her... Arthur's downfall too.
 * Gwen: What are you talking about?
 * Morgana: Care to translate?
 * Tasha: Guinevere. She cheated on King Arthur with Lancelot. After that, everything went to pieces. Camelot tainted big time.
 * Morgana: She made it so easy. I barely had to do more than put Lancelot in her path.
 * Tasha: You put a spell on them?
 * Morgana: To destroy Merlin, I had to first destroy Arthur.
 * Gwen: But, you didn't destroy Merlin.
 * Morgana: You will bend to my will, just as she did.

Episode 1.5: Weird Sisters

 * [The new English teacher, Patrick O'Leary, has arrived at the drama club and sees Wind, Fire, and Reine]
 * Patrick O'Leary: So you must be fire, wind, and rain.

Episode 1.6: Dybbukkin

 * [Josh is distracting Reine so Gwen can erase her memory]
 * Josh: I wouldn't go out with you if you were the last girl on Earth.

Episode 2.6: Easy Money

 * [Money has just been stolen from the "New Sage Shop"]
 * Detective Perkins: The facts don't lie

 * [Katie, trying to exonerate Gwen]
 * Katie Dawson: The facts don't lie.

 * [Gwen, when finding who has been framing her]
 * Gwen: Sometimes, the facts do lie.

 * [Gwen and Reine have just fought each other]
 * Reine Davidson: You're just jealous that someone else has powers.
 * Gwen: It just bugs me that you have power.

Episode 2.8: Bloodlines

 * [In the ARC, Reine has just entered]
 * Reine: Ooh, hot times. A loser convention.
 * Tasha: Ooh, the loser convention's over there. And look, I think you're late.

Episode 2.13: Rebellion

 * [During the final battle with Reine/Morgana]
 * Gwen: Gadowain! I never thought I'd be happy to see you.
 * Gadowain: Likewise I'm sure, Goldilocks.

 * [Gwen and Merlin talk before she returns to her time]
 * Gwen: When I go back, will I remember what happened?
 * Merlin: Yes. The older the soul, the greater the ability to comprehend the multiplicity of reality. What are you doing?
 * Gwen: Just checking out the multiplicity of reality. Morgana. Is she dead?
 * Merlin: She is still alive here in my time, and still a threat. But mortal once again, thanks to you. Of course, had you not disobeyed me and come after the crystal, the future wouldn't have been altered in the first place.
 * Gwen: Oh excuse me, I came back to your time to save you from Morgana.
 * Merlin: Thank you very kindly. I was quite capable of managing Morgana myself.
 * Gwen: You were a block of ice.
 * Merlin: A block...(laughs) of... ice?
 * Gwen: (laughs)
 * Merlin: Well, it's time for you to go back, where you are most needed.
 * Gwen: Merlin, you have the crystal. Why not just use it and become immortal and fight evil yourself?
 * Merlin: Gwen, you had the crystal. Why didn't you use it for yourself?
 * Gwen: Because, it would have been wrong.
 * Merlin: Verily. The cycle of death and rebirth is Nature's way. And only the very foolish or very arrogant would tamper with it, at the world's peril.
 * Gwen: Will I still see you?
 * Merlin: I will always be here for you. For as long as my time here on Earth allows.

 * [Gwen has just found out that O'Leary is her father]
 * Gwen: Wait. So, what do I call you? Dad?
 * O'Leary: Sticks in the throat, doesn't it? Maybe one day you'll be proud to call me that. As proud as I am of you. Look after yourself, Gwen.

Other

 * [Said in order, every opening credit scene]
 * Merlin: We all have many lifetimes. We first met when you were Arthur's queen. Your destiny is magic, Guinevere. Your task is to fight evil.
 * Gwen: I told you, my name is Gwen.

title: Guinevere Jones


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Moonlighting (TV series)

Moonlighting (1985–1989), stars Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis.

The Pilot

 * David: Now Maddie, I don't want you to panic but there is a dead man in the back of the car.
 * Maddie: Dead?
 * David: Either that or that man wears an obscene amount of blue rouge.

The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice

 * Orson Welles: Tonight, broadcasting takes a giant leap... backward.
 * Orson Welles: Gather the kids, the dog, grandma... and lock them in another room. And sit back and enjoy this very special                               episode of Moonlighting.

 * David: [...] I don't know about you, but I for one, I for one, hit my knees every night and thank the man upstairs that there is a little bit of dishonesty left in this otherwise sunny world. You just think about that. That's all I have to say.

 * David: Wait a second, wait a second, wait a second, there's a page missing out of my copy of the script.

 * David: You look at everything like... a woman first and then a person second.
 * Maddie: What does that mean?
 * David: I said what I meant and I meant what I said.

 * Maddie: You're an animal.
 * David: And you're a sexist.
 * Maddie: What?!
 * David: A sexist!! You know what a sexist is?
 * Maddie: Of course I know what a sexist is, I am looking at one.
 * David: So am I!!

 * Maddie and David: (overlapping) I am not speaking to you - Are too!- I am not. -Are too!!!- Am not!!- Are too!!- Am not!!!
 * Maddie: Not another word, not another sound, not another beep until we get back to the office!!
 * David: Beep.

 * David: (on the telephone) Men's room?
 * Maddie: I am not a sexist!
 * David: Not only are you a sexist, but you are the sexiest sexist that's ever been in my good fortune to satirize.
 * Maddie: Satirize?
 * David: Satirize, scrutinize, fantasize, etc etc etc. (Maddie slams down receiver)

 * David/Zach: Name's Chance... Chance Cash Johnny Rick Lonesome Shane McCoy. You can call me Zach.

 * Maddie/Rita: We have to get back to the real world!
 * David/Zach: No, never. I'll never give up my dreams. 'Cause if you stop dreaming you're just wasting eight hours a night.

 * Zach/David: That was the first time I saw Rita. She was the kind of dame that makes a man grateful he's a man. She looked like she was misunderstood. Me, I wanted to understand her, like I've never understood any woman before. Come to think of it, I never have understood any woman before.

 * Rita/Maddie: You were pretty hot tonight.
 * Zach/David: You, too.
 * Rita/Maddie: You got a great lip.
 * Zach/David: You got, too.
 * Rita/Maddie: Drink?
 * Zach/David: Absolutely. Eat, too. (in voiceover) That night was the beginning. We would see more of each other, then all of each other. But this is television, so we won't get into that.

 * Zach/David: (in voiceover) I always play my horn with my shirt off. Late at night, by an open window, next to a flashing neon light. I know I look good that way.

 * Rita/Maddie: I guess the only way to get rid of Jerry is... to get rid of Jerry. You know what I mean?
 * Zach/David: (in voiceover) I didn't wanna say No, she'd think I was stupid. But I didn't wanna say Yes either, 'cause she'd think that I wanted to. Besides, I really wasn't listening, I was too busy trying to look down the sheet.

 * Zach/David: (in voiceover) And then she was gone. I couldn't believe she'd walk out. But I knew she'd be back. She left her clothes behind.

 * Zach/David: (in voiceover) And that's when we started to plan the murder. What to wear, what to bring. In murder, as in life, planning is everything.

 * Zach/David: (in voiceover) I walked the streets for hours that night, my mind was reeling. I felt alone, adrift, I had never murdered anyone before. I had so many questions. How long was I supposed to walk the streets? How much guilt was I supposed to be feeling? How long will those signs float over my head?... (walks into a bar, still in voiceover) I wasn't ready to stop talking to myself yet, so I figured I might be better company if I had a couple of drinks.

 * Zach/David: [being walked to the electric chair] I ain't worried, don't you know you can't dream your own death?
 * Guard: Didn't you hear? There's a new rule...

The Murder's in the Mail 1x07

 * Security Officer: I'm sorry, but you're not on the guest list.
 * David Addison: That's because we're not guests. We're looking for a man with a mole on his nose.
 * Security Officer: A mole on his nose?
 * Maddie Hayes: A mole on his nose.
 * Security Officer: [to Maddie] What kind of clothes?
 * Maddie Hayes: [to David] What kind of clothes?
 * David Addison: What kind of clothes do you suppose?
 * Security Officer: What kind of clothes do I suppose would be worn by a man with a mole on his nose? Who knows?
 * David Addison: Did I happen to mention, did I bother to disclose, that this man that we're seeking with the mole on his nose? I'm not sure of his clothes or anything else, except he's Chinese, a big clue by itself.
 * Maddie Hayes: How do you do that?
 * David Addison: Gotta read a lot of Dr. Seuss.
 * Security Officer: I'm sorry to say, I'm sad to report, I haven't seen anyone at all of that sort. Not a man who's Chinese with a mole on his nose with some kind of clothes that you can't suppose. So get away from this door and get out of this place, or I'll have to hurt you - put my foot in your face.
 * Maddie Hayes and then David Addison : Time to go.

Symphony in Knocked Flat

 * Maddie: What the hell is a funk video?
 * David: It's called: 'How to Be Funky' It's gonna teach you how to get down, how to stay down, how to roll around...

 * Agnes: Oooooh.
 * Maddie: Ooooooh?
 * Agnes: Yeah, oooooh.

 * David: I've been known to deliver my own flora, and on occasion my own fauna.

 * David: Just extending the metaphor.
 * Maddie: Extend it somewhere else.

 * David: The sophistication under the rugged exterior.
 * Maddie: The what under what?

 * David: Kinda makes you wonder why you doubted me before?
 * Maddie: The night is young.

 * David: Are we having fine yet?

 * David: I'd know that slam anywhere.

 * David: Did you call?
 * Maddie: I called you ever name in every language.

 * David: Mea culpa, Robert culpa.

 * David: G-man and g-woman. Only thing missing is the g-spot.

 * G-woman: Sure?
 * Maddie: Sure.
 * G-man: Positive?
 * Maddie: Positive.
 * David: Cross your heart and hope to die?

title: Moonlighting (TV series)


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Talk:Plato

Older comments
Are there any guidelines for quoting Socrates as Plato himself in his works? Or should these quotes go to the Socrates article? --Slac 23:34, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

I don't think it's legitimate to quote anything from Socrates directly, since we have no actual evidence from his own hand.

On another topic, anyone know if the following quote can actually be ascribed to Plato, or is it just a common misconception: "He was a wise man who invented god" ??

Order of books
What kind of order of dialogs are applied for this article? It doesn't seem neither the order in the complete works edited by Stephanos, the most traditional order of books, nor the chronological order the most of modern scholars agree on, nor alphabetical order.

I propose to re-order them in the way of Stephanos': it is consequently the book order in the Berlin Academy edition. Does anyone have different ideas? --Aphaia 19:10, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * ok
 * Stephanus pagination is fine with me. IMHO the chronology is conjectural. ~ Ningauble 19:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Two Plato Quotes
I have found the following two quotes which are ascribed to Plato. Can anyone tell me if they really appear in the works of Plato, or, if not, why they are ascribed to him? I would be very grateful!

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something."

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

The last quote is false: "Statements that Plato never made!" at mesacc.edu/~davpy35701/text/plato-things-not-said.html Adamaero (talk) 01:28, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Unsourced?
How is it possible that there are a large number of unsourced entries for such an extensively studied person? Would someone knowledgeable please clean this up. 67.130.129.135 22:35, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Can anyone help me determine the origin of this quote: "Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."

 * It's by Samuel Smiles, from his Duty (1880), p. 49 — available in full here. ~ DanielTom (talk) 11:46, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Unsourced
Wikiquote no longer allows unsourced quotations, and they are in the process of being removed from our pages (see Wikiquote:Limits on quotations). But if you can provide a reliable and precise source for any quote on this list, please move it to Plato. --Antiquary 11:16, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
 * Courage is knowing what not to fear.
 * Seems to be a variant of a comment the Jowett translation renders as "The wisdom which knows what are and are not dangers is opposed to the ignorance of them" (there could be other translations closer to this wording), just added to The Protagoras section
 * There is only one good, which is knowledge, and one evil, which is ignorance.
 * Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the part of the rulers, and to cowardice on the part of the governed.
 * The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared to that of which we are ignorant.
 * No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
 * It is possible this a loose translation of the end of the "Defense" from the "Apology" (trans. http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html Jowett)
 * And yet I know that this plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth?

 * One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics, is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. [But see next below, and Republic I : 347-C]
 * The good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor. They do not wish to collect pay openly for their service of rule and be styled hirelings nor to take it by stealth from their office and be called thieves, nor yet for the sake of honor, [347c] for they are not covetous of honor. So there must be imposed some compulsion and penalty to constrain them to rule if they are to consent to hold office. That is perhaps why to seek office oneself and not await compulsion is thought disgraceful. But the chief penalty is to be governed by someone worse if a man will not himself hold office and rule. It is from fear of this, as it appears to me, that the better sort hold office when they do, and then they go to it not in the expectation of enjoyment nor as to a good thing, but as to a necessary evil and because they are unable to turn it over to better men than themselves [347d] or to their like. For we may venture to say that, if there should be a city of good men only, immunity from office-holding would be as eagerly contended for as office is now.
 * Note: This is not a precise quotation, but it is a reasonably accurate paraphrase of Republic 1, 347
 * Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
 * Man shall not see the truth when it surrounds him absolutely.
 * Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
 * Found this attributed to Ammon Hennacy
 * At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. (This is verbatim from Symposium)
 * You can learn more about a man in an hour of play, than in a year of conversation.
 * I would teach the children music, physics and philosophy, but the most important is music, for in the patterns of the arts are the keys to all learning.
 * What is left now of the soils of Greece, is like the skeleton of a body wasted by disease. The rich, soft soil has been carried off.
 * If a man were to see a great company run out every day into the rain and take delight in being wet - if he knew that it would be to no purpose for him to go and persuade them to return to their houses in order to avoid the storm, and that all that could be expected by his going to speak to them would be that he himself should be as wet as they, it would be best for him to keep within doors, and, since he had not influence enough to correct other people's folly, to take care to preserve himself.
 * Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
 * Variant of "No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow" from Sophist
 * Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song.
 * According to Dr David Yount, Professor of Philosophy at Mesa Community College says that Plato never said this.
 * Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.
 * As Themistocles answered Seriphian who was abusing him and saying that he was famous not for his own merits but because he was an Athenian: "If you had been a native of my country or I of yours, neither of us would have been famous." -The Republic: Book 1. Plato.
 * If you can discover a better way of life than office-holding for your future rulers, a well-governed city becomes a possibility. For only in such a state will those rule who are truly rich, not in gold, but in the wealth that makes happiness — a good and wise life.
 * This fragment is also translated as:
 * You must contrive for your future rulers another and a better life than that of a ruler, and then you may have a well-ordered State; for only in the State which offers this, will they rule who are truly rich, not in silver and gold, but in virtue and wisdom, which are the true blessings of life.
 * I have found this, or a semantic equivalent to this, on Wikisource here:
 * Yes, my friend, I said; and there lies the point. You must contrive for your future rulers another and a better life than that of a ruler, and then you may have a well-ordered State; for only in the State which offers this, will they rule who are truly rich, not in silver and gold, but in virtue and wisdom, which are the true blessings of life. Whereas if they go to the administration of public affairs, poor and hungering after their own private advantage, thinking that hence they are to snatch the chief good, order there can never be; for they will be fighting about office, and the civil and domestic broils which thus arise will be the ruin of the rulers themselves and of the whole State.
 * I don't know Wikiquote's sourcing guidelines and how they deal with other Wikimedia projects, so I won't move it myself. But I thought I'd do my bit and point this out. Magic9mushroom (talk) 10:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school. And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.
 * Nope, not Plato! Found this one published in 1871, as thus:
 * Strange times are these, in which we live, forsooth ;
 * When young and old are taught in Falsehood's school:–
 * And the man who dares to tell the truth,
 * Is called at once a lunatic and fool.
 * — George Francis Train
 * [as published in Edmunds, A. C. (1871). Pen Sketches of Nebraskans - with Photographs. p. 5]

 * Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Misattributed, invented or "improved" quotes
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws" is a quote often attributed to Plato. His actual words were: “Laws are made to instruct the good, and in the hope that there may be no need of them; also to control the bad, whose hardness of heart will not be hindered from crime.” [Laws, Book IX]. These have clearly different meanings. Apparently Ammon Hennacy wrote something closer: "Oh judge! Your damn laws! The good people don't need them, and the bad people don't obey them."

"He was a wise man who invented beer." I just searched through all of Plato's works on Wikipedia. The word "beer" does not appear in a single one, which is unsurprising, as Plato was Greek, and would have preferred wine. I think this should be listed under "misattributed", since that quote appears everywhere. --193.71.30.135 17:30, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

I removed "Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber"; clearly this is more than just a tone-deaf, colloquial rephrasing of Republic Book 1, 347-C; the elements "too smart" and "dumber" make a larger claim than Plato himself did: "Good men are unwilling to rule, either for money's sake or for honour.... So they must be forced to consent under threat of penalty.... The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. That is the fear, I believe, that makes decent people accept power...." Objectivesea 19:59, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

 * I agree that this is just plain wrong. Even the popular translation of Benjamin Jowett, noted for its vernacular and colloquial distortions of Plato's carefully precise language, does not so mangle the meaning of this passage, nor does any other translation I can find. GoogleBooks shows only a handful of appearances of this misquote in print, and leads me to suspect it originated as a joke sometime in the 1980s. Google shows it repeated as fact on about a million web pages, so, if one thinks it worthwhile to rebut nonsense that appears in bonehead venues, it may be appropriate to include a misquotation note in the article. (What really is needed in this article is to identify the translations used.) ~ Ningauble 19:37, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Alan Bloom translates the line as "Hence, necessity and a penalty must be there in addition for them, if they are going to be willing to rule - it is likely that this is the source of its being held to be shameful to seek to rule and not to await necessity - and the greatest of penalties is being ruled by a worse man if one is not willing to rule oneself." Are we allowed to paraphrase quotes? If so I think it can be improved as follows - If the decent are not willing to rule, they are punished by being ruled by worse men. This is because in the same translation the he regularly switches between "good" and "decent". N3m6 17:07, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * "What really is needed in this article is to identify the translations used." There are plenty of good translations available, and some that are not so good. If we invite the general public to paraphrase we would get a lot of nonsense. ~ Ningauble 18:21, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * "for they are not covetous of honor. So there must be imposed some compulsion and penalty to constrain them to rule if they are to consent to hold office. That is perhaps why to seek office oneself and not await compulsion is thought disgraceful. But the chief penalty is to be governed by someone worse1 if a man will not himself hold office and rule." Plat. Rep. 1.347c http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0168%3Abook%3D1%3Asection%3D347c

"Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge." -- Without a source, I am still quite certain this supposed quote was invented quite recently. 78.69.131.19 17:28, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

"The price of apathy is to be ruled by evil men" or, "The price paid by good men for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." I have encountered this quote attributed to Plato in numerous places but have not found it in any of his written works. Is this a legitimate quote, perhaps spoken in public and recorded but not written by Plato, or a mangling of "governed by someone worse" from The Republic?

 * It is a bad paraphrase based on The Republic, Book I, 347-C, which is discussed above. Plato does not speak of apathy: he says that good rulers are not motivated by money or prestige, that their self-interest in ruling is to avoid being badly ruled. The misquotes are commonly used to make a point about attitudes of the populace, but this is not whom Plato was talking about. ~ Ningauble (talk) 13:16, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * From wikibook, SOCRATES - GLAUCON

"What do you mean, Socrates? said Glaucon. The first two modes of payment are intelligible enough, but what the penalty is I do not understand, or how a penalty can be a payment. You mean that you do not understand the nature of this payment which to the best men is the great inducement to rule? Of course you know that ambition and avarice are held to be, as indeed they are, a disgrace? Very true. And for this reason, '''I said, money and honour have no attraction for them; good men do not wish to be openly demanding payment for governing and so to get the name of hirelings, nor by secretly helping themselves out of the public revenues to get the name of thieves. And not being ambitious they do not care about honour. Wherefore necessity must be laid upon them, and they must be induced to serve from the fear of punishment. And this, as I imagine, is the reason why the forwardness to take office, instead of waiting to be compelled, has been deemed dishonourable. Now the worst part of the punishment is that he who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself. And the fear of this, as I conceive, induces the good to take office, not because they would, but because they cannot help--not under the idea that they are going to have any benefit or enjoyment themselves, but as a necessity, and because they are not able to commit the task of ruling to any one who is better than themselves, or indeed as good.''' For there is reason to think that if a city were composed entirely of good men, then to avoid office would be as much an object of contention as to obtain office is at present; then we should have plain proof that the true ruler is not meant by nature to regard his own interest, but that of his subjects; and every one who knew this would choose rather to receive a benefit from another than to have the trouble of conferring one. So far am I from agreeing with Thrasymachus that justice is the interest of the stronger. This latter question need not be further discussed at present; but when Thrasymachus says that the life of the unjust is more advantageous than that of the just, his new statement appears to me to be of a far more serious character. Which of us has spoken truly? And which sort of life, Glaucon, do you prefer?" Xentyr (talk) 14:25, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Kindness
One quote that I've seen all over the web attributed to Plato is, "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." If nobody can find a source for it, it's a good candidate for the "Misattributed" section. 74.192.112.178, 28 September 2010
 * A curious one this. I've checked on Google book search and I can find a lot of books ascribing this to either Plato or Philo . However all of the books are ones with titles like "A Spiritual Guide to finding the Inner You," and they're obviously just quoting from each other. I found other books and websites attributing it to a "T.H. Thompson"  or a "John Watson,"  but I've no idea if these names are even genuine. I think this quote should go into a "Misattributed" section for both Plato and Philo. Singinglemon 20:39, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've investigated further. I looked at the oldest books which use the quote "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." They attribute it to "John Watson", which was apparently the pseudonym of the Scottish preacher Ian Maclaren (1850–1907). I found a recent investigation into this quote at Quoteinvestigator.com, and the earliest version of the quote seems to have been published in 1897/8, and the exact words were: "Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle." The word "pitiful" has largely lost its earlier meaning of "compassionate" so it's no surprise that it's mutated to "kind." I shall add it to the "Misattributed" section. Singinglemon 21:20, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

"Courage is knowing what not to fear"
Is this a genuine Plato quote does anyone know? LookingGlass (talk) 09:57, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

 * apologies, information for this has already been requested (above) LookingGlass (talk) 10:01, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

"Music Is a Moral Law…" quotation
This quotation is currently shown on the main page as being misattributed to Plato (who probably never wrote it). The quotation was attributed to Plato over a hundred years ago. The earliest version of this quotation I've been able to find was in the book The Pleasures of Life, Part II by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P. (Vice Chairman of the London County Council, Principal of the London Working Men's College, and President of the London Chamber of Commerce), Macmillan and Company, London and New York (1889), p. 120. The quotation is set forth as follows:
 * "Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just, and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form."

Exactly where in Plato's writings he finds that, Lubbock doesn't say. - Embram (talk) 21:47, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Another source (1890): "Music," says Plato, "is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, ..." (probably still misattribution, though – there doesn't seem to be anything similar to this in his original writings). ~ DanielTom (talk) 18:42, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
 * That Appears to be the same source, i.e., Sir John Lubbock. I'm sure you can find other sources quickly following Lubbock's book, as it was a common practice in the late 19th century to state "facts" published elsewhere without attribution (what we would today call plagiarism). - Embram (talk) 18:28, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, you changed your "source" after my comment, so yes, now they are the same. ~ DanielTom (talk) 17:39, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right. I corrected my comment to cite the 1889 Lubbock source some three hours after you made your comment about the 1990 source, but either didn't notice yours or just saw the "1990" and thought it was from a later source. Three weeks later I added my comment about how they were the same source when I realized you were also citing Lubbock. - Embram (talk) 16:39, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Misattribution
The current misattributed section state

 * Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding.
 * Misattributed to Plato in Laws by Conservapedia. Actual source: William Fleming, as quoted in  Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay by Samuel Austin Allibone, 1816–1889.]

However in the 1857 original source (see here), William Fleming states:
 * It is a fine observation of Plato in his Laws — that atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of the understanding.

The clue here is that the www.bartleby.com reference is not reliable, in so far that this 1880 source it doesn't state the source information. (which I noticed recently in some other cases as well). -- Mdd (talk) 14:05, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

 * I would guess that Fleming was summarizing his reading of the section of Book XII where Plato's proxy the "Athenian" says that the "guardians" of the utopian state discussed in the dialogue could not be atheists, and criticizes the notion that the study of astronomy leads people to atheism, saying the opposite is true: "If a man look upon the world not lightly or ignorantly, there was never any one so godless who did not experience an effect opposite to that which the many imagine. For they think that those who handle these matters by the help of astronomy, and the accompanying arts of demonstration, may become godless, because they see, as far as they can see, things happening by necessity, and not by an intelligent will accomplishing good. ... No man can be a true worshipper of the Gods who does not know these two principles―that the soul is the eldest of all things which are born, and is immortal and rules over all bodies; moreover, as I have now said several times, he who has not contemplated the mind of nature which is said to exist in the stars, and gone through the previous training, and seen the connexion of music with these things, and harmonized them all with laws and institutions, is not able to give a reason of such things as have a reason. And he who is unable to acquire this in addition to the ordinary virtues of a citizen, can hardly be a good ruler of a whole state; but he should be the subordinate of other rulers." Hypnosifl (talk) 15:31, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

"Love is a grave mental disease"
I see this around the web attributed to Plato but without a reference to any work of his... so hard to say. 87.92.54.112 16:40, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Since Plato's works have been very extensively studied for centuries, I think it is easy to say that recent attributions found only in non-scholarly sources are bogus. ~ Ningauble (talk) 17:01, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Misattributed?
"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses."
 * This discussion seems to indicate that it's not a direct quote Slow readings of plato's dialogues - Yahoo Groups Accessed August 17 2015 --Kim Bach (talk) 22:17, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Where in Hades is this from?
So, I was trying to find a citation for a quote from Plato: "You should not honor men more than truth." I have found people citing it as coming from The Republic, but none of them get any more specific than that. (Example Here) Does anybody have any idea if this is real, and, if so, whence it came?--Aeferian (talk) 20:33, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Deleted quotes
Rupert loup has deleted many well sourced quotes from the article,

The quotes are all properly sourced. Could Rupert loup tell us on the talkpage why he deleted them?

All pov's should be represented, and not censored.

No relevant wikipedia policy has been cited as reason for deletion. Wikiquote policies apply on wikiquote and not wikipedia policies. He has been here long enough on WQ to know this. "Reliable" in the context of wikiquote means that the quote is reliably sourced, i.e. it is exactly like in the published source (ideally the primary source, if not, the secondary source).

The deleted quote in question is from Walter Gruyter, one of the best publishers and sources for this type of studies (on Nietzsche).

Even Plato seems to me to be in all main points only a Brahmin’s good pupil. −
 * Friedrich Nietzsche, Letter to Peter Gast, May 31, 1888. KSA 14.420. Quoted from Elst, Koenraad. Manu as a weapon against egalitarianism: Nietzsche and Hindu political philosophy in : Siemens & Vasti Roodt, eds.: Nietzsche, Power and Politics (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2008).

Very popular on the internet but no source?
"The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful."

 * Perhaps from Laws, Book 1, section 631c? ~ DanielTom (talk) 14:58, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Laches
Main article: Laches (dialogue) appears beneath the heading of section 1.15 Laches. Since there isn't an article perhaps it should be deleted. Mcljlm (talk) 17:28, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

"He who does not desire power is fit to hold it"
I suspect that Plato didn't say it.

But it's quite commonly attributed to Plato online.

Does anyone have an idea of how did it become so?

Or maybe Plato actually did say it? Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 02:09, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

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