Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

Topics: Plato Quotes

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

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...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

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

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

This I know - that I know nothing.

This I know - that I know nothing.

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

The wise are doubtful.

The wise are doubtful.

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone...

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone...

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

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....

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and...

That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and...

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...