Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

Topics: Plato Quotes

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full...

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full...

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

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...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

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

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

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....

This I know - that I know nothing.

This I know - that I know nothing.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

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...

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.