The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied… — Plato Copy Share Image
One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected… — Plato Copy Share Image
He who gives himself to a lover because he is a good man, and in the hope that he will be improved… — Plato Copy Share Image
If there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their… — Plato Copy Share Image
And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine — Plato Copy Share Image
He who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disappointed of his gains because he… — Plato Copy Share Image
Romantic Art: The Hearts Awakening - Bouguereau At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. — Plato Copy Share Image
The cause of all the blunders committed by man arises from this excessive self-love. For the lover is blinded by the object… — Plato Copy Share Image
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. — Plato Copy Share Image
Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love. — Plato Copy Share Image
“So where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of… — Plato Copy Share Image
The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth.... He whose desires… — Plato Copy Share Image
The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then,… — Plato Copy Share Image
Consider how great is the encouragement which all the world gives to the lover; neither is he supposed to be doing anything… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Evil is the vulgar lover who loves the body rather than the soul, inasmuch as he is not even stable, because he… — Plato Copy Share Image
“As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.” — Plato Copy Share Image
Then may we not fairly plead in reply that our true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content… — Plato Copy Share Image
And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or… — 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
