Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.

Topics: Plato Quotes

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be...

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be...

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

It is right to give every man his due.

It is right to give every man his due.

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...