Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace… — Plato Copy Share Image
There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at… — Plato Copy Share Image
A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the… — Plato Copy Share Image
We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we're looking in all directions except at… — 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
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
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
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or… — Plato Copy Share Image
Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will… — 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 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
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image