Plato

Country Greece
Born Monday, 30 November -0001
Category
Quotes 123
philosopher
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Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance. Uncategorized
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. Uncategorized
The greatest wealth is to live content with little. Uncategorized
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. Uncategorized
All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else. Uncategorized
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. Uncategorized
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. Uncategorized
Courage is knowing what not to fear. Uncategorized
He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. Uncategorized
Death is not the worst that can happen to men. Uncategorized
How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state? Uncategorized
To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way. p Uncategorized
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns. Uncategorized
As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. Uncategorized
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. Uncategorized
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die. Uncategorized
There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good. Uncategorized
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. Uncategorized
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Uncategorized
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. Uncategorized