Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Topics: Plato Quotes

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...

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and...

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and...

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

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...

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical...

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical...

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

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...

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity teaches all things

Necessity teaches all things

To think at its best is to find oneself carried down the current of necessity.

To think at its best is to find oneself carried down the current of necessity.