For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.

Topics: Plato Quotes

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

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

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

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...

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

Your silence gives consent.

Your silence gives consent.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

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...

I have good hope that there is something after death.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

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...

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is...

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is...

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...

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...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

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...

This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how...

This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.

The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Complexity emerges from unexpected outcomes it is also used as a tool of repression.

Complexity emerges from unexpected outcomes it is also used as a tool of repression.