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

Topics: Plato Quotes

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...

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

I have good hope that there is something after death.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

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...

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

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...

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...

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...

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.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is...

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is...