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
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
Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours… — 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
The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often… — Plato Copy Share Image
We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light? — Plato Copy Share Image
And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the… — Plato Copy Share Image
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness… — Plato Copy Share Image
“... when someone sees a soul disturbed and unable to see something, he won't laugh mindlessly, but he'll take into consideration whether… — Plato Copy Share Image
“No matter how hard you fight the darkness, every light casts a shadow, and the closer you get to the light, the… — Plato Copy Share Image
As to the artists, do we not know that he only of them whom love inspires has the light of fame?-he whom… — Plato Copy Share Image
Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in… — Plato Copy Share Image
The power to learn is present in everyone's soul, and the instrument with which each learns is like an eye that cannot… — Plato Copy Share Image
In heaven there is laid up a pattern which he who chooses may behold, and beholding, set his own house in order.… — Plato Copy Share Image
Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two… — Plato Copy Share Image
“A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness… — Plato Copy Share Image
In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but,… — 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
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
