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Such Quotes by Plato
- 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…
- 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…
- Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by them, because…
- At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred…
- 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…
- As the government is, such will be the man.
- Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this…
- There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.
- ... our purpose in founding our state was not to promote the happiness of a single class, but, so far as possible, of the whole…
- Justice in the individual is now defined analogously to justice in the state. The individual is wise and brave in virtue of his reason and…
- The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth.... He whose desires are drawn toward…
- . . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will…
- I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure, or profit either, than talking or listening to philosophy. But when it comes to ordinary conversation,…
- The true musician is attuned to a fairer harmony than that of the lyre... for he truly has in his own life a harmony of…
- Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May…
More Such Quotes
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- He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the… — William Shakespeare
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the… — James Buchan
- Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation… — Marcus Aurelius
- There are problems with nursing - such as the issue of nurses all having to do degrees these days. But that doesn't… — Jo Brand