States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers. — Plato Copy Share Image
The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad;… — Plato Copy Share Image
They would be subject to no one, neither to lawful ruler nor to the reign of law, but would be altogether and… — Plato Copy Share Image
Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for… — 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
Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful… — Plato Copy Share Image
Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most… — Plato Copy Share Image
There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It is no good for rulers if the people they rule cherish ambitions for themselves or form strong bonds of friendship with… — Plato Copy Share Image
To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies 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
