“Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and… — Plato Copy Share Image
“This was her original state; and then, as I was saying, and as the lovers of knowledge are well aware, philosophy, seeing… — Plato Copy Share Image
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other… — Plato Copy Share Image
To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither… — Plato Copy Share Image
You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up… — Plato Copy Share Image
I do not live to play, but I play in order that I may live, and return with greater zest to the… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It is our duty to select the best and most dependable theory that human intelligence can supply, and use it as a… — Plato Copy Share Image
For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy. — Plato Copy Share Image
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It is easy to forgive children who are afraid of the dark but the real tragedy of life is men who are… — Plato Copy Share Image
For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from… — Plato Copy Share Image
Justice means minding ones own business and not meddling with other mens concerns. — Plato Copy Share Image
The greatest privilege of a human life is to become a midwife to the awakening of the Soul in another person. — Plato Copy Share Image
“Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away... A man should wait,… — Plato Copy Share Image
“for philosophy, Socrates, if pursued in moderation and at the proper age, is an elegant accomplishment, but too much philosophy is the… — Plato Copy Share Image
A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods. — 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