And we have made of ourselves living cesspools, and driven doctors to invent names for our diseases. — 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
In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life. — Plato Copy Share Image
“The worst type of man behaves as badly in his waking life as some men do in their dreams.” — Plato Copy Share Image
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. — Plato Copy Share Image
Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life. — 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
“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
Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . .… — Plato Copy Share Image
Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to… — 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
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
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
“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
Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth… — Plato Copy Share Image
For the man who makes everything that leads to happiness, or near to it, to depend upon himself, and not upon other… — Plato Copy Share Image
Each living creature is said to be alive and to be the same individual - as for example someone is said to… — Plato Copy Share Image
“There neither is nor ever will be a treatise of mine on the subject. For it does not admit of exposition like… — Plato Copy Share Image
“If it is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, as it had no willing association with… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The State is like a great and noble steed who is tardy in his motions owing to his very size, and requires… — Plato Copy Share Image
In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for… — 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
A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods. — Plato Copy Share Image
He who advises a sick man, whose manner of life is prejudicial to health, is clearly bound first of all to change… — Plato Copy Share Image
The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be… — Plato Copy Share Image
“We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of… — Plato Copy Share Image
A man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible… — Plato Copy Share Image
Music is moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety… — 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
Neither human wisdom nor divine inspiration can confer upon man any greater blessing than this [live a life of happiness and harmony… — 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
“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
“Star of my life, to the stars your face is turned; Would I were the heavens, looking back at you with ten… — Plato Copy Share Image
The choice of souls was in most cases based on their own experience of a previous life... Knowledge easily acquired is that… — 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
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
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
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