Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Topics: Plato Quotes

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

He was a wise man who invented beer.

He was a wise man who invented beer.

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...

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

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.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the...

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the...

She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions

She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

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...

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...

Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see...

Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see...

Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk....

Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk....