If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful. — Plato Copy Share Image
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. — Plato Copy Share Image
Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no… — Plato Copy Share Image
Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling,… — Plato Copy Share Image
Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult… — Plato Copy Share Image
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
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we… — Plato Copy Share Image
To escape from evil we must be made as far as possible like God; and the resemblance consists in becoming just and… — 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
Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something. — Plato Copy Share Image
“According to Diotima, Love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects… — Plato Copy Share Image
Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my… — Plato Copy Share Image
Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who… — 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
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have… — Plato Copy Share Image
So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent… — Plato Copy Share Image
We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like… — Plato Copy Share Image
Justice in the individual is now defined analogously to justice in the state. The individual is wise and brave in virtue of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Because, unlike courage and wisdom, which made our state brave and wise by being present in a particular part of it, discipline… — Plato Copy Share Image
The god, O men, seems to me to be really wise; and by his oracle to mean this, that the wisdom of… — Plato Copy Share Image
If there is a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of humanity toward perfection. — 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
May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man… — Plato Copy Share Image
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one… — Plato Copy Share Image
Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination. — Plato Copy Share Image
The cure of many diseases is unknown to physicians because they are ignorant of the whole... For the part can never be… — Plato Copy Share Image
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. — 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
