A state arises,as I conceive,out of the needs of mankind;no one is self-sufficing,but all of us have many wants — 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
A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods. — Plato Copy Share Image
Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it. — Plato Copy Share Image
Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his ancestors — Plato Copy Share Image
Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several… — 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
