Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

Topics: Plato Quotes

I have good hope that there is something after death.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away,...

For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away,...

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...

Man - a being in search of meaning.

Man - a being in search of meaning.

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,...

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Even the gods love jokes

Even the gods love jokes

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...

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

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...

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.

Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction,...

Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction,...

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege...

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege...

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

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