Plato
Year of Birth: 427 BC
Year of Death:
347 BC
Nationality:
was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science, Plato was originally a student of Socrates, and was as much influenced by his thinking as by his apparently unjust execution. Plato's sophistication as a writer is evident in his Socratic dialogues; thirty-six dialogues and thirteen letters have been ascribed to him. Plato's writings have been published in several fashions; this has led to several conventions regarding the naming and referencing of Plato's texts.
Plato's dialogues have been used to teach a range of subjects, including philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric, and mathematics.
His Quotes
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
Plato
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
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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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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.
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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
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As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
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Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
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At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
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Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.
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Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
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Courage is a kind of salvation.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Democracy passes into despotism.
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Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
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Plato
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
Plato
A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
Plato
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
Plato
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
Plato
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.
Plato
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
Plato
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
Plato
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
Plato
As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
Plato
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
Plato
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Plato
Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.
Plato
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
Plato
Courage is a kind of salvation.
Plato
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
Plato
Democracy passes into despotism.
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Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
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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.
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Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
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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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For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
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For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.
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For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.
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He was a wise man who invented beer.
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He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.
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He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
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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.
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He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
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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?
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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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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Plato
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.
Plato
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
Plato
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
Plato
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
Plato
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
Plato
For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.
Plato
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.
Plato
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
Plato
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Plato
Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.
Plato
He was a wise man who invented beer.
Plato
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.
Plato
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
Plato
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.
Plato
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
Plato
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
Plato
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?
Plato
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
Plato
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
Plato
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
Plato
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
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I shall assume that your silence gives consent.
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I would fain grow old learning many things.
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If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
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If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.
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Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.
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Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
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It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.
Plato
It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.
Plato
It is right to give every man his due.
Plato
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
Plato
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
Plato
Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
Plato
Knowledge is true opinion.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
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Plato
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Plato
I shall assume that your silence gives consent.
Plato
I would fain grow old learning many things.
Plato
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
Plato
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.
Plato
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
Plato
Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.
Plato
Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
Plato
It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.
Plato
It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.
Plato
It is right to give every man his due.
Plato
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
Plato
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
Plato
Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
Plato
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
Plato
Knowledge is true opinion.
Plato
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Plato
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
Plato
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
Plato
Life must be lived as play.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
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Man - a being in search of meaning.
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Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.
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Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.
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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
Plato
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.
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Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
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Necessity... the mother of invention.
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No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
Plato
No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
Plato
No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.
Plato
Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.
Plato
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
Plato
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
Plato
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
Plato
Plato
Love is a serious mental disease.
Plato
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
Plato
Man - a being in search of meaning.
Plato
Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.
Plato
Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.
Plato
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
Plato
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.
Plato
Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
Plato
Necessity... the mother of invention.
Plato
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
Plato
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
Plato
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
Plato
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
Plato
No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
Plato
No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.
Plato
Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.
Plato
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
Plato
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
Plato
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
Plato
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
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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.
Plato
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.
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Philosophy begins in wonder.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.
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Science is nothing but perception.
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States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
Plato
The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
Plato
The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
Plato
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
Plato
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.
Plato
The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.
Plato
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
Plato
The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.
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Plato
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Plato
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
Plato
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.
Plato
Philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato
Philosophy is the highest music.
Plato
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Plato
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
Plato
Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.
Plato
Science is nothing but perception.
Plato
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.
Plato
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Plato
The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
Plato
The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
Plato
The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
Plato
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
Plato
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.
Plato
The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.
Plato
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
Plato
The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.
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The good is the beautiful.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.
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The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
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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.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Plato
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
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The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
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The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
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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.
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The wisest have the most authority.
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Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.
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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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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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There is no harm in repeating a good thing.
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There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.
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There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
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There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
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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.
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Plato
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
Plato
The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.
Plato
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
Plato
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.
Plato
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Plato
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
Plato
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
Plato
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Plato
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.
Plato
The wisest have the most authority.
Plato
Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.
Plato
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
Plato
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
Plato
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Plato
There is no harm in repeating a good thing.
Plato
There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.
Plato
There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
Plato
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
Plato
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.
Plato
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
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They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.
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Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
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This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
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This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
Plato
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
Plato
To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.
Plato
To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
Plato
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
Plato
To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.
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Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
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Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
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Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.
Plato
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
Plato
We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
Plato
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Plato
We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
Plato
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
Plato
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.
Plato
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.
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Plato
They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.
Plato
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
Plato
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
Plato
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
Plato
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
Plato
To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.
Plato
To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
Plato
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
Plato
To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.
Plato
Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
Plato
Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
Plato
Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.
Plato
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
Plato
We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
Plato
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Plato
We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
Plato
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
Plato
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.
Plato
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.
Plato
Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.
Plato
When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.
Plato
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
Plato
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.
Plato
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.
Plato
When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
Plato
Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
Plato
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Plato
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
Plato
Your silence gives consent.
Plato
Plato
When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.
Plato
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
Plato
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.
Plato
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.
Plato
When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
Plato
Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
Plato
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Plato
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
Plato
Your silence gives consent.
Plato
Year of Birth:
384 BC
Year of Death:
322 BC
Nationality:
Greek
384 BC
Year of Death:
322 BC
Nationality:
Greek
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A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. Aristotle A friend to all is a friend to none. Aristotle A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. Aristotle A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold. Aristotle A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end. Aristotle A true friend is one soul in two bodies. Aristotle A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Aristotle All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. Aristotle All men by nature desire knowledge. Aristotle All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. Aristotle All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. Aristotle Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. Aristotle At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. Aristotle Bad men are full of repentance. Aristotle Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. Aristotle Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. Aristotle Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. Aristotle Change in all things is sweet. Aristotle Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. Aristotle Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. Aristotle | ||
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Aristotle
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
Aristotle
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Aristotle
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.
Aristotle
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Aristotle
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Aristotle
Education is the best provision for old age.
Aristotle
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
Aristotle
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
Aristotle
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
Aristotle
For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.
Aristotle
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.
Aristotle
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle
Friendship is essentially a partnership.
Aristotle
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
Aristotle
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle
He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.
Aristotle
Aristotle
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
Aristotle
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Aristotle
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.
Aristotle
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Aristotle
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Aristotle
Education is the best provision for old age.
Aristotle
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
Aristotle
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
Aristotle
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
Aristotle
For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.
Aristotle
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.
Aristotle
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle
Friendship is essentially a partnership.
Aristotle
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
Aristotle
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle
He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.
Aristotle
He who hath many friends hath none. Aristotle He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. Aristotle He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. Aristotle Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. Aristotle Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Aristotle Hope is a waking dream. Aristotle Hope is the dream of a waking man. Aristotle I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. Aristotle If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost. Aristotle If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. Aristotle In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. Aristotle In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech. Aristotle In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. Aristotle In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. Aristotle Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions. Aristotle It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. Aristotle It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition. Aristotle It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Aristotle It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought. Aristotle It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. Aristotle It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristotle Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. Aristotle Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle Man is by nature a political animal. Aristotle Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. Aristotle Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. Aristotle Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. Aristotle Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. Aristotle Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. Aristotle Most people would rather give than get affection. Aristotle Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. Aristotle My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. Aristotle Nature does nothing in vain. Aristotle No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. Aristotle No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. Aristotle No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. Aristotle No one loves the man whom he fears. Aristotle | ||
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.
Aristotle
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
Aristotle
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
Aristotle
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
Aristotle
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
Aristotle
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
Aristotle
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Aristotle
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
Aristotle
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Aristotle
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
Aristotle
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
Aristotle
Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Aristotle
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Aristotle
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.
Aristotle
The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Aristotle
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
Aristotle
The end of labor is to gain leisure.
Aristotle
Aristotle
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
Aristotle
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
Aristotle
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
Aristotle
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
Aristotle
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
Aristotle
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Aristotle
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
Aristotle
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Aristotle
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
Aristotle
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
Aristotle
Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Aristotle
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Aristotle
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.
Aristotle
The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Aristotle
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
Aristotle
The end of labor is to gain leisure.
Aristotle
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
Aristotle
The gods too are fond of a joke.
Aristotle
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
Aristotle
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
Aristotle
The law is reason, free from passion.
Aristotle
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
Aristotle
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
Aristotle
The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
Aristotle
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Aristotle
The secret to humor is surprise.
Aristotle
The soul never thinks without a picture.
Aristotle
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
Aristotle
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Aristotle
The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
Aristotle
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Aristotle
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Aristotle
The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.
Aristotle
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
Aristotle
Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
Aristotle
The gods too are fond of a joke.
Aristotle
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
Aristotle
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
Aristotle
The law is reason, free from passion.
Aristotle
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
Aristotle
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
Aristotle
The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
Aristotle
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Aristotle
The secret to humor is surprise.
Aristotle
The soul never thinks without a picture.
Aristotle
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
Aristotle
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Aristotle
The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
Aristotle
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Aristotle
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Aristotle
The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.
Aristotle
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
Aristotle
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Aristotle
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
Aristotle
This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.
Aristotle
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Aristotle
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
Aristotle
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.
Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
Aristotle
We make war that we may live in peace.
Aristotle
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.
Aristotle
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
Aristotle
Well begun is half done.
Aristotle
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
Aristotle
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.
Aristotle
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
Aristotle
Wit is educated insolence.
Aristotle
Aristotle
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
Aristotle
This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.
Aristotle
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Aristotle
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
Aristotle
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.
Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
Aristotle
We make war that we may live in peace.
Aristotle
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.
Aristotle
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
Aristotle
Well begun is half done.
Aristotle
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
Aristotle
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.
Aristotle
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
Aristotle
Wit is educated insolence.
Aristotle
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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Aristotle
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
Aristotle
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
Aristotle
Aristotle
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
Aristotle
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
Aristotle
Year of Birth:
469 BC
Year of Death:
399 BC
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Socrates Quotes
A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
Socrates
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
Socrates
An honest man is always a child.
Socrates
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
Socrates
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
Socrates
Be as you wish to seem.
Socrates
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Socrates
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
Socrates
Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.
Socrates
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
Socrates
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
Socrates
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
Socrates
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
Socrates
He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
Socrates
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
Socrates
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
Socrates
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
Socrates
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
Socrates
Socrates
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
Socrates
An honest man is always a child.
Socrates
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
Socrates
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
Socrates
Be as you wish to seem.
Socrates
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Socrates
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
Socrates
Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.
Socrates
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
Socrates
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
Socrates
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
Socrates
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
Socrates
He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
Socrates
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
Socrates
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
Socrates
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
Socrates
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
Socrates
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
Socrates
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
Socrates
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Socrates
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
Socrates
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
Socrates
It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
Socrates
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Socrates
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Socrates
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
Socrates
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
Socrates
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
Socrates
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
Socrates
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
Socrates
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
Socrates
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
Socrates
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Socrates
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
Socrates
Socrates
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
Socrates
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Socrates
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
Socrates
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
Socrates
It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
Socrates
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Socrates
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Socrates
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
Socrates
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
Socrates
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
Socrates
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
Socrates
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
Socrates
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
Socrates
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
Socrates
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Socrates
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
Socrates
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
Socrates
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Socrates
Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence.
Socrates
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Socrates
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
Socrates
Socrates
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Socrates
Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence.
Socrates
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Socrates
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
Socrates
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