The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown. — Plato Copy Share Image
Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice. — Plato Copy Share Image
Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. — Plato Copy Share Image
We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light? — Plato Copy Share Image
The tyranny imposed on the soul by anger, or fear, or lust, or pain, or envy, or desire, I generally call 'injustice.' — Plato Copy Share Image
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the… — Plato Copy Share Image
“To the degree that I cease to persue my deepest passions, I will gradually be controlled by my deepest fears.” — 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
Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action,… — Plato Copy Share Image
“For the fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretence of knowing the unknown;… — 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
No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if… — Plato Copy Share Image
“For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that… — Plato Copy Share Image
No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse,… — Plato Copy Share Image
It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear… — Plato Copy Share Image
Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that… — Plato Copy Share Image
“To be afraid of death is only another form of thinking that one is wise when one is not; it is to… — Plato Copy Share Image
“To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not; for it is to think one knows… — Plato Copy Share Image
“For, it could be doubted that the things said are possible; and, even if, in the best possible conditions, they could come… — Plato Copy Share Image
“For to fear death, men, is in fact nothing other than to seem to be wise, but not to be so. For… — Plato Copy Share Image
I fear this is not the right exchange to attain virtue, to exchange pleasures for pleasures, pains for pains and fears for… — Plato Copy Share Image
“if you are willing to reflect on the courage and moderation of other people, you will find them strange...they all consider death… — Plato Copy Share Image
Those who reproach injustice do so because they are afraid not of doing it but of suffering it. — 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
This alone is to be feared: the closed mind, the sleeping imagination, the death of spirit. — 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
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
