The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse… — Plato Copy Share Image
He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable… — Plato Copy Share Image
The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful. — Plato Copy Share Image
If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful. — Plato Copy Share Image
The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. — Plato Copy Share Image
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. — Plato Copy Share Image
If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly. — Plato Copy Share Image
When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself. — Plato Copy Share Image
... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or… — Plato Copy Share Image
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear… — Plato Copy Share Image
...that in our state one man was to do one job, and the job he was naturally most suited for .. And… — Plato Copy Share Image
He who is only an athlete is too crude, too vulgar, too much a savage. He who is a scholar only is… — Plato Copy Share Image
Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as… — 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
For every man who has learned to fight in arms will desire to learn the proper arrangement of an army, which is… — Plato Copy Share Image
Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a man to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to… — Plato Copy Share Image
It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Love is of something, and that which love desires is not that which love is or has; for no man desires that… — Plato Copy Share Image
For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the… — Plato Copy Share Image
O youth or young man, who fancy that you are neglected by the gods, know that if you become worse, you shall… — Plato Copy Share Image
The well-nurtured youth is one who would see most clearly whatever was amiss in ill-made works of man or ill-grown works of… — Plato Copy Share Image
You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up… — Plato Copy Share Image
If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that… — Plato Copy Share Image
The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way. — Plato Copy Share Image
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading: Henny Youngman. He was a wise man who invented beer — Plato Copy Share Image
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 Image
The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man. — Plato Copy Share Image
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns. — Plato Copy Share Image
Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man. — Plato Copy Share Image
A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even… — Plato Copy Share Image
It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for… — 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
