Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Topics: Plato Quotes

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

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

This I know - that I know nothing.

This I know - that I know nothing.

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

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

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...

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in...

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in...

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.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to...

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to...

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

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.

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men...

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men...

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have...

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have...

Money is like an arm or a leg - use it or lose it.

Money is like an arm or a leg - use it or lose it.

The Internet is like a gold-rush; the only people making money are those who sell...

The Internet is like a gold-rush; the only people making money are those who sell...