There is a ... matter - much more valuable and divine than natural philosophy . ... On this matter I must speak… — Plato Copy Share Image
For not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine. Had he learned by rules of art, he would have… — Plato Copy Share Image
In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak. — Plato Copy Share Image
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. — 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
I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the… — 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
If someone separated the art of counting and measuring and weighing from all the other arts, what was left of each (of… — 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
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
