The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. — Plato Copy Share Image
Of all the things which a man has, next to the gods his soul is the most divine and most truly his… — 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
May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man… — Plato Copy Share Image
I know nothing more worthy of a man's ambition than that his son be the best of men. — Plato Copy Share Image
That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless — 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… — Plato Copy Share Image
It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear… — Plato Copy Share Image
Renouncing the honors at which the world aims, I desire only to know the truth... and to the maximum of power, I… — Plato Copy Share Image
To honor with hymns and panegyrics those who are still alive is not safe; a man should run his course and make… — Plato Copy Share Image
No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse,… — Plato Copy Share Image
There is nothing so delightful as the hearing, or the speaking of truth. For this reason, there is no conversation so agreeable… — 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
We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not… — Plato Copy Share Image
When I hear a man discoursing of virtue, or of any sort of wisdom, who is a true man and worthy of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Remember how in that communion only, beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not… — 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
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
The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the… — 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
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
Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be? Perhaps we could hardly find a better… — Plato Copy Share Image
A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even… — Plato Copy Share Image
It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for… — Plato Copy Share Image
The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man. — 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
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading: Henny Youngman. He was a wise man who invented beer — Plato Copy Share Image
Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man. — Plato Copy Share Image
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns. — 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
“…if a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a… — Plato Copy Share Image
By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen,… — Plato Copy Share Image
Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil… — Plato Copy Share Image
Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and… — Plato Copy Share Image
Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or from… — Plato Copy Share Image
Great is the issue at stake, greater than appears, whether a man is to be good or bad. And what will any… — 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
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