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
No one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. — Plato Copy Share Image
There is yet something remaining for the dead, and some far better thing for the good than for the evil. — Plato Copy Share Image
The human race will have no respite from evils until those who are really philosophers acquire political power or until, through some… — Plato Copy Share Image
Interference by the three classes with each other s jobs, and interchange of jobs between them, therefore, does the greatest harm to… — Plato Copy Share Image
For all good and evil, whether in the body or in human nature, originates ... in the soul, and overflows from thence,… — Plato Copy Share Image
The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of bad men, and, growing like them, to fly from the… — 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
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness… — Plato Copy Share Image
Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms… — 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
