To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

Topics: Plato Quotes

Life must be lived as play.

Life must be lived as play.

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

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...

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...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

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...

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

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...

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...

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

He was a wise man who invented beer.

He was a wise man who invented beer.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

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

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

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

Necessity... the mother of invention.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

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

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