Plato

Plato

"Death is not the worst that can happen to men."
186 Quotes
"Death is not the worst that can happen to men."
Plato
"No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."
Plato
"Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences."
Plato
"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 the poor peasant as the mighty prince."
Plato
"He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden."
Plato
"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 choose the greater when he might have the less."
Plato
"The beginning is the most important part of the work."
Plato
"For good nurture and education implant good constitutions."
Plato
"Wise men speak because they have something to say Fools because they have to say something."
Plato
"Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence."
Plato
"The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out."
Plato
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."
Plato
"To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way."
Plato
"Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods."
Plato
"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 stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader."
Plato
"Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself."
Plato
"Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns."
Plato
"Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods, and defend himself against his enemies, and win in the contest."
Plato
"When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself."
Plato
"States are as the men are they grow out of human characters."
Plato
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