Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Topics: Plato Quotes

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

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...

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

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

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by...

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in...

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in...