As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

Topics: Plato Quotes

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear...

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear...

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.

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...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

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

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

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

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....

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

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.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

Love is a grave mental disease.

Love is a grave mental disease.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

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

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

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.