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Nor Quotes by Plato
- The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all…
- Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they…
- Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet…
- 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…
- The honour of parents is a fair and noble treasure to their posterity, but to have the use of a treasure of wealth and honour,…
- 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…
- 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…
- Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that…
- My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are…
- The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
- Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and…
- .. we shall not be properly educated ourselves, nor will the guardians whom we are training, until we can recognise the qualities of discipline, courage,…
- There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.
- Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites.
- I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
- Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done…
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