Such, Echecrates, was the end of our comrade, who was, we may fairly say, of all those whom we knew in our… — Plato Copy Share Image
Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent", in fact… — Plato Copy Share Image
Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will… — Plato Copy Share Image
It's like this, I think: the excellence of a good body doesn't make the soul good, but the other way around: the… — Plato Copy Share Image
All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation,… — Plato Copy Share Image
The most important part of education is right training in the nursery. The soul of the child in his play should be… — Plato Copy Share Image
If we are to keep our flock at the highest pitch of excellence, there should be as many unions of the best… — Plato Copy Share Image
By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen,… — Plato Copy Share Image
Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several… — Plato Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share
You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls. — Plato Copy Share
“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is… — Plato Copy Share
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at… — Plato Copy Share
“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of… — Plato Copy Share
Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to… — Plato Copy Share
For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm… — Plato Copy Share
“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable… — Plato Copy Share
We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men… — Plato Copy Share
