Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life. — Plato Copy Share Image
A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods. — Plato Copy Share Image
A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods. — Plato Copy Share Image
In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life. — Plato Copy Share Image
“for philosophy, Socrates, if pursued in moderation and at the proper age, is an elegant accomplishment, but too much philosophy is the… — Plato Copy Share Image
I do not live to play, but I play in order that I may live, and return with greater zest to the… — Plato Copy Share Image
The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Rather I think that a man who ... is willing ... to value learning as long as he lives, not supposing that… — Plato Copy Share Image
To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither… — Plato Copy Share Image
The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument… — Plato Copy Share Image
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to… — Plato Copy Share Image
Take a look around, then, and see that none of the uninitiated are listening. Now by the uninitiated I mean the people… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and… — Plato Copy Share Image
Those who are not schooled and practised in truth [who are not honest and upright men] can never manage aright the government,… — Plato Copy Share Image
And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob, does… — Plato Copy Share Image
For the man who makes everything that leads to happiness, or near to it, to depend upon himself, and not upon other… — Plato Copy Share Image
“There neither is nor ever will be a treatise of mine on the subject. For it does not admit of exposition like… — Plato Copy Share Image
Each living creature is said to be alive and to be the same individual - as for example someone is said to… — Plato Copy Share Image
“what if the man could see Beauty Itself, pure, unalloyed, stripped of mortality, and all its pollution, stains, and vanities, unchanging, divine,...the… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The worst type of man behaves as badly in his waking life as some men do in their dreams.” — Plato Copy Share Image
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. — Plato Copy Share Image
This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other… — Plato Copy Share Image
Those wretches who never have experienced the sweets of wisdom and virtue, but spend all their time in revels and debauches, sink… — Plato Copy Share Image
The choice of souls was in most cases based on their own experience of a previous life... Knowledge easily acquired is that… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Star of my life, to the stars your face is turned; Would I were the heavens, looking back at you with ten… — Plato Copy Share Image
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away... A man should wait,… — Plato Copy Share Image
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid… — Plato Copy Share Image
A man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible… — Plato Copy Share Image
“We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It is easy to forgive children who are afraid of the dark but the real tragedy of life is men who are… — Plato Copy Share Image
The greatest privilege of a human life is to become a midwife to the awakening of the Soul in another person. — Plato Copy Share Image
Music is moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety… — 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
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