Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Topics: Plato Quotes

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of...

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of...

It is right to give every man his due.

It is right to give every man his due.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be...

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be...

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to...

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to...

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

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...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

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.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

Democracy passes into despotism.

Democracy passes into despotism.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

Love is a grave mental disease.

Love is a grave mental disease.

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.

Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be?...

Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be?...

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

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

A dangerous conceit: That's one's opponents are winning on the strength of their weakest arguments...

A dangerous conceit: That's one's opponents are winning on the strength of their weakest arguments...