They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom. — Plato Copy Share Image
“the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a… — Plato Copy Share Image
“There you have Socrates’ wisdom; [b] he himself isn’t willing to teach, but he goes around learning from others and isn’t even… — Plato Copy Share Image
May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man… — Plato Copy Share Image
Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth... And is there anything… — Plato Copy Share Image
Neither human wisdom nor divine inspiration can confer upon man any greater blessing than this [live a life of happiness and harmony… — 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
The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless. — Plato Copy Share Image
The cure of many diseases is unknown to physicians because they are ignorant of the whole... For the part can never be… — Plato Copy Share Image
“I knew that not by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius and inspiration; they are like diviners… — Plato Copy Share Image
“According to Diotima, Love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects… — Plato Copy Share Image
So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent… — Plato Copy Share Image
A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever… — Plato Copy Share Image
When I hear a man discoursing of virtue, or of any sort of wisdom, who is a true man and worthy of… — Plato Copy Share Image
I fear this is not the right exchange to attain virtue, to exchange pleasures for pleasures, pains for pains and fears for… — Plato Copy Share Image
SOCRATES: Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice… — Plato Copy Share Image
Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the principle of doing things equally in public… — Plato Copy Share Image
Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something. — Plato Copy Share Image
The god, O men, seems to me to be really wise; and by his oracle to mean this, that the wisdom of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what… — Plato Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient. — Plato Copy Share Image
If there is a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of humanity toward perfection. — Plato Copy Share Image
It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something” — 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
Even the good artisans fell into the same error as the poets; because they were good workmen they thought that they also… — Plato Copy Share Image
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best… — Plato Copy Share Image
“I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he… — 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
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 Image
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