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Topics: Plato Quotes

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned...

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned...

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

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...

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...

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of...

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of...

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is...

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is...

Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction,...

Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction,...

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...

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look...

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look...

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said...

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said...