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

Topics: Plato Quotes

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

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...

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

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

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

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

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

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,...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

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...

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in...

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in...

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts...

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts...

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

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

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