All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

Topics: Plato Quotes

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with...

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with...

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the...

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the...

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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,...

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till...

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till...

It is right to give every man his due.

It is right to give every man his due.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

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...

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

The wisest have the most authority

The wisest have the most authority

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts...

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts...

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.