Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Topics: Plato Quotes

A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is...

A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is...

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical...

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical...

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

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...

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

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

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

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.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.