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Philosophical Quotes by Plato
- That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless
- There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings…
- The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.
- Wisest is he who knows what he does not know.
- What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.
- My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are…
- Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all.
- All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
- A state arises,as I conceive,out of the needs of mankind;no one is self-sufficing,but all of us have many wants
- Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
- Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
- Philosophy begins in wonder.
- Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.
- To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
- No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
- Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.
- The learning and knowledge that we have,is,at the most,but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
- Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
- Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.
- To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.
- There is no harm in repeating a good thing.
- I shall assume that your silence gives consent.
- He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
- Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
- We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle