Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling,… — Plato Copy Share Image
The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful. — Plato Copy Share Image
There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them. — 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
How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, "How does love suit with age, Sophocles -… — Plato Copy Share Image
We must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one… — 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
It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant… — 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
The well-nurtured youth is one who would see most clearly whatever was amiss in ill-made works of man or ill-grown works of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or… — Plato Copy Share Image
Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms… — Plato Copy Share Image
And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will… — Plato Copy Share Image
'But surely "blind" is just how you would describe men who have no true knowledge of reality, and no clear standard in… — Plato Copy Share Image
...that in our state one man was to do one job, and the job he was naturally most suited for .. And… — Plato Copy Share Image
Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals… — Plato Copy Share Image
Madness, provided it comes as the gift of heaven, is the channel by which we receive the greatest blessings... the men of… — 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
