Plato

Country Greece
Born Monday, 30 November -0001
Category
Quotes 123
philosopher
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Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man. Uncategorized
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. Uncategorized
The good is the beautiful. Uncategorized
The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state. Uncategorized
The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable. Uncategorized
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding. Uncategorized
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. Uncategorized
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. Uncategorized
There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself. Uncategorized
The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine. Uncategorized
Science is nothing but perception. Uncategorized
We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection. Uncategorized
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. Uncategorized
Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly. Uncategorized
No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory. Uncategorized
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. Uncategorized
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power. Uncategorized
The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles. Uncategorized
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. Uncategorized
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. Uncategorized