One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Topics: Ancient Greek Quotes

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

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 state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is...

A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is...

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...

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

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...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.