Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Topics: Plato Quotes

The wisest have the most authority

The wisest have the most authority

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

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.

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,...

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

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...

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

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...

Even the gods love jokes

Even the gods love jokes

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

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.

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...

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

The wisest have the most authority.

The wisest have the most authority.

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

They want you to come to their self pity party, so they broadcast their discontent...

They want you to come to their self pity party, so they broadcast their discontent...

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Many words are poverty.

Many words are poverty.