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Topics: Plato Quotes

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

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...

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

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

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

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...

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

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...

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to...

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to...

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege...

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege...

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...

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.

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.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.