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

Topics: Plato Quotes

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,...

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...

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

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

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

It is right to give every man his due.

It is right to give every man his due.

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

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

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

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

The wise are doubtful.

The wise are doubtful.

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.

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.

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

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

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Life must be lived as play.

Life must be lived as play.

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends....

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends....

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.