Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.

Topics: Plato Quotes

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

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.

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.

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...

He was a wise man who invented beer.

He was a wise man who invented beer.

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

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...

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...

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman;...

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman;...

Life must be lived as play.

Life must be lived as play.

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...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Music gives the inspiring, yet intangible beauty, a path of expression, a voice.

Music gives the inspiring, yet intangible beauty, a path of expression, a voice.

Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the...

Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the...

It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed...

It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed...