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
For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a… — Plato Copy Share Image
Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue. — Plato Copy Share Image
What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character… — Plato Copy Share Image
Many are the noble words in which poets speak concerning the actions of men; but like yourself when speaking about Homer, they… — 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
Not every love, but only that which has a noble purpose, is noble and worthy of praise. — 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
