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

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone...

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone...

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...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

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,...

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the...

Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the...

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him...

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him...

Even the gods love jokes.

Even the gods love jokes.

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...

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.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.