Plato Quotes
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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Aristotle was the most eminent of all the pupils of Plato…. He seceded from Plato while he was still alive; so that they tell a story that Plato said, 'Aristotle has kicked us off, just as chickens do their mother after they have been hatched.'
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The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.
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Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity.
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Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
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Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
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Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician's interest, but that all seek the good of their patients? For we have agreed that a physician strictly so called, is a ruler of bodies, and not a maker of money, have we not?
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As wolves love lambs so lovers love their loves.
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But tell me, this physician of whom you were just speaking, is he a moneymaker, an earner of fees, or a healer of the sick?
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
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When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.
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The soul is like a pair of winged horses and a charioteer joined in natural union.
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Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.
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Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.
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You cannot go into the same water twice.
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Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes.
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Excellent things are rare.
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We become what we contemplate.
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And we have made of ourselves living cesspools, and driven doctors to invent names for our diseases.
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As you hope to prove your own great value to the state, and having proved it, to attain at once to absolute power, so do I indulge a hope that I shall be the supreme power over you, if I am able to prove my own great value to you.
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Our need will be the real creator.
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The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge.