For not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine. Had he learned by rules of art, he would have… — Plato Copy Share Image
for a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he has become inspired, and… — Plato Copy Share Image
The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it… — Plato Copy Share Image
For the poet is a light winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired… — Plato Copy Share Image
“For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired… — Plato Copy Share Image
“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control… — 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
The Graces sought some holy ground, Whose sight should ever please; And in their search the soul they found Of Aristophanes. — Plato Copy Share Image
For the poets tell us, don't they, that the melodies they bring us are gathered from rills that run with honey, out… — 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
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
