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

Topics: Plato Quotes

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men...

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men...

Life must be lived as play.

Life must be lived as play.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is...

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is...

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...

Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give...

Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

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.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

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...

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

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.

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...