For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Topics: Plato Quotes

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...

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...

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

Even the gods love jokes

Even the gods love jokes

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

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

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.

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...

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...

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

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...

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would...

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would...

Science is organized knowledge.

Science is organized knowledge.