« All Men Quotes · Plato's Page
Best Men Quotes by Plato
- When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
- Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to…
- And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are…
- And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives…
- For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not…
- For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
- All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is…
- When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.
- I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
- And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who…
- If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
- ...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth…
- A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness…
- Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil.
- Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.
- For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire…
- For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons…
- The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.
- Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to acknowledgment of a divine power.....
- When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading: Henny Youngman. He was a wise man who invented beer
- To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will…
- One man cannot practice many arts with success.
- Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
- It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part,…
- That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless
More Ways to Read Men Quotes by Plato
- Best Men Sayings by Plato (Men Quotes by Plato)
- Best Men Quotations by Plato (Men Quotes by Plato)
- Best Men Words by Plato (Men Quotes by Plato)
- Best Men Lines by Plato (Men Quotes by Plato)
More Men Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle