Quotes by Plato

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

#Dishonesty, #Honesty

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

#Heroism

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

#History, #Poetry, #Truth

Even the gods love jokes

#Humor, #Jokes

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

#Law And Lawyers, #People

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

#Law And Lawyers, #Understanding

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

#Justice

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

#Justice

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

#Music

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned...

#Moderation

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

#Necessity

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

#Discontent, #Poverty