Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

Topics: Plato Quotes

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much,...

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much,...

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to...

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to...

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is...

Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is...

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...

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

Your silence gives consent.

Your silence gives consent.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come...

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come...

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

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

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

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