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Topics: Plato Quotes

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

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.

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.

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the...

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the...

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.

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

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...

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

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

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...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.