Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

Topics: Plato Quotes

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

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

The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics

The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

Even the gods love jokes.

Even the gods love jokes.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

The wisest have the most authority.

The wisest have the most authority.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

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...

Necessity... the mother of invention.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

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...

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of...

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man...

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man...

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of...

A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of...

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly...

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly...

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we...

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we...

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.