Plato

Country Greece
Born Monday, 30 November -0001
Category
Quotes 123
philosopher
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When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. Uncategorized
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. Uncategorized
Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. Uncategorized
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. ppens to a person who commits Uncategorized
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. Uncategorized
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens. Uncategorized
Courage is a kind of salvation. Uncategorized
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. Uncategorized
Necessity... the mother of invention. Uncategorized
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. Uncategorized
A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants. Uncategorized
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. Uncategorized
We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise. Uncategorized
Philosophy is the highest music. Uncategorized
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. Uncategorized
Life must be lived as play. Uncategorized
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. Uncategorized
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. Uncategorized
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Uncategorized
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal. Uncategorized