“As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.” — Plato Copy Share Image
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we… — Plato Copy Share Image
He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act — Plato Copy Share Image
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one… — Plato Copy Share Image
If you think your child's academic studies are more important than the arts, think again. — Plato Copy Share Image
Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who… — Plato Copy Share Image
He who without the Muse's madness in his soul comes knocking at the door of poesy and thinks that art will make… — Plato Copy Share Image
'That is the story. Do you think there is any way of making them believe it?' ' Not in the first generation',… — Plato Copy Share Image
Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself… — Plato Copy Share Image
We must now examine whether just people also live better and are happier than unjust ones. I think it's clear already that… — Plato Copy Share Image
The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do,… — Plato Copy Share Image
If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that… — Plato Copy Share Image
My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and… — Plato Copy Share Image
That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a… — Plato Copy Share Image
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until… — 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
But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs… — Plato Copy Share Image
The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth… He whose desires… — Plato Copy Share Image
... our purpose in founding our state was not to promote the happiness of a single class, but, so far as possible,… — Plato Copy Share Image
The cause of all the blunders committed by man arises from this excessive self-love. For the lover is blinded by the object… — 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
You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up… — Plato Copy Share Image
It's like this, I think: the excellence of a good body doesn't make the soul good, but the other way around: the… — Plato Copy Share Image
For it is obvious to everybody, I think, that this study [of astronomy] compels the soul to look upward and leads it… — Plato Copy Share Image
Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by… — Plato Copy Share Image
Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and… — Plato Copy Share Image
I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure, or profit either, than talking or listening to philosophy. But when it comes… — Plato Copy Share Image
“But that we shall be better and braver and less helpless if we think that we ought to enquire, than we should… — Plato Copy Share Image
“There is also a third kind of madness, which is possession by the Muses, enters into a delicate and virgin soul, and… — 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
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
“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
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
“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
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
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
“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
We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men… — Plato Copy Share
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