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

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

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

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts...

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

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...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

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

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

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

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...

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

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...

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said...

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said...