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
“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
Those wretches who never have experienced the sweets of wisdom and virtue, but spend all their time in revels and debauches, sink… — 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
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
Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling,… — 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
“Then we shan’t regard anyone as a lover of knowledge or wisdom who is fussy about what he studies…” — 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
Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something — Plato Copy Share Image
Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or… — 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
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
“[Dialogue between Solon and an Egyptian Priest] In the Egyptian Delta, at the head of which the river Nile divides, there is… — 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
If there is a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of humanity toward perfection. — 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
