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

Topics: Plato Quotes

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

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

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

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

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...

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

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...

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear...

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear...

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be...

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be...

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...