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People Quotes by Plato
- The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which…
- There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who, when danger is pressing in, will not acknowledge the divine power.
- Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
- The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often only a spark…
- And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob, does not withhold his…
- A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
- The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then, can the dog…
- . . . you did not seem to me over-fond of money. And this is the way in general with those who have not made…
- People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you…
- The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has…
- ...that in our state one man was to do one job, and the job he was naturally most suited for .. And further, we have…
- We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we're looking in all directions except at the thing we…
- ... because it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible...
- Take a look around, then, and see that none of the uninitiated are listening. Now by the uninitiated I mean the people who believe in…
- People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.
- Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.
- There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
- When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always…
- Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
- When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle