“They say that to do injustice is, by nature, good; to suffer injustice, evil, but that the evil is greater than the… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Now in the earthly likenesses of justice and temperance and all other prized possessions of the soul there dwells no luster; nay,… — Plato Copy Share Image
But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs… — Plato Copy Share Image
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is… — Plato Copy Share Image
“[W]hen men have both done and suffered injustice and have had experience of both, not being able to avoid the one and… — Plato Copy Share Image
And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first… — 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
The love, more especially, which is concerned with the good, and which is perfected in company with temperance and justice, whether among… — Plato Copy Share Image
The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the… — Plato Copy Share Image
A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even… — 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
“We've heard many people say and have often said ourselves that justice is doing one's own work and not meddling with what… — Plato Copy Share Image
Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger. — Plato Copy Share Image
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns. — Plato Copy Share Image
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of… — Plato Copy Share Image
“I say that justice is nothing other than the advantage of [c] the stronger.” — Plato Copy Share Image
By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen,… — 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
Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the principle of doing things equally in public… — 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
