He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

Topics: Plato Quotes

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

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...

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

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Excellent things are rare.

Excellent things are rare.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

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 price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

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

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

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.