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Topics: Plato Quotes

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.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is...

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is...

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.

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...

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

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

The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is...

The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

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...

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

This I know - that I know nothing.

This I know - that I know nothing.

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...

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...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

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...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

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...