Your silence gives consent.

Topics: Plato Quotes

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...

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

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

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

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

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

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to...

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to...

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

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...

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...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is...