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Topics: Plato Quotes

He was a wise man who invented beer.

He was a wise man who invented beer.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men...

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men...

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

The wisest have the most authority

The wisest have the most authority

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...

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...

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

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

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.