Quotes by Plato Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty. Plato honesty plato truth And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are unpoetical, or unattractive to the popular ear, but because the greater the poetical charm in them, the less are they meet for the ears of boys and men who are meant to be free, and who should fear slavery more than death. Plato plato men boys Self conquest is the greatest of victories. Plato plato inspirational life Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous. Plato plato evil knowledge In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we cannot help concluding that it is in every case the source of all that is bright and beautiful -in the visible world giving birth to light and its master, and in the intellectual world dispensing, immediately and with full authority, truth and reason -and that whosoever would act wisely, either in private or in public, must set this Form of Good before his eyes. Plato eye plato beautiful Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. Plato philosophical wealth plato There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good. Plato philosophical plato When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. Plato plato inspirational men Philosophy is the highest music. Plato music plato wisdom He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god. Plato understanding plato math Let nobody speak mischief of anybody. Plato slander speak plato Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. Plato pleasure-love plato evil Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. Plato philosophical plato men It was Plato, according to Sosigenes, who set this as a problem for those concerned with these things, through what suppositions of uniform and ordered movements the appearances concerning the movements of the wandering heavenly bodies could be preserved. Plato movement plato science The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. Plato freedom plato men 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 plato inspirational men God is not the author of all things, but of good only. Plato plato all-things The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. Plato plato wise men 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 government plato change For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. Plato discipline plato men «1011121314151617181920»