Plato Quotes
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No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.
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To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous.
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So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.
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The right question is usually more important than the right answer.
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There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen.
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And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.
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If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.
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Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to acknowledgment of a divine power.
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I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
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Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
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Truth is its own reward.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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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.
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If we are to keep our flock at the highest pitch of excellence, there should be as many unions of the best of both sexes, and as few of the inferior as possible, and that only the offspring of the better unions should be kept.
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How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, "How does love suit with age, Sophocles - are you still the man you were?" he replied, "Peace, most gladly have I escaped the thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master."
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A work well begun is half-ended.
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The tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price.
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Integrity is your destiny-it is the light that guides your way.
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Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
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Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.
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Mob rule and emasculation of the wise' and 'who will watch the guardians'?
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True friendship can exist only between equals.