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Topics: Plato Quotes

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him...

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him...

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege...

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege...

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a grave mental disease.

Love is a grave mental disease.

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

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

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

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

Life must be lived as play.

Life must be lived as play.

Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

We learn not in the school, but in life

We learn not in the school, but in life