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Topics: Plato Quotes

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

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...

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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...

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

Knowledge is true opinion.

Knowledge is true opinion.

Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give...

Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give...

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

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...

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

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

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

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.