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

Topics: Plato Quotes

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...

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to...

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to...

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong...

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong...

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...