Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Topics: Plato Quotes

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

The wisest have the most authority

The wisest have the most authority

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age,...

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age,...

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

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...

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

Even the gods love jokes.

Even the gods love jokes.

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

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

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

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...

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

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...

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.