Only the dead will know the end of the war. Plato More Quotes by Plato More Quotes From Plato Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and honourable, finds a little afterwards that he is wicked, faithless, and then he meets with another of the same character. When a man experiences this often, and more particularly from those whom he considered his most dear and best friends, at last, having frequently made a slip, he hates the whole world, and thinks that there is nothing sound at all in any of them. Plato hate character men Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it. Plato qualified 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 Plato philosophical humanity kings Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete. Plato names desire love-is ...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen. Plato eye soul men No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated. Plato intelligent plato men Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking. Plato ignorance wise beautiful The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds. Plato philosophical tree animal In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life. Plato simplicity everyday order Necessity, who is the mother of our invention. Plato invention mother The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not. Plato quality soul men The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge. Plato words-of-wisdom political reality The honour of parents is a fair and noble treasure to their posterity, but to have the use of a treasure of wealth and honour, and to leave none to your successors, because you have neither money nor reputation of your own, is alike base and dishonourable. Plato noble parent plato ... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education, whatever that may be, as the surest way to make them behave humanely to each other and the subjects in their charge. Plato being-positive political way We should not exercise the body without the joint assistance of the mind; nor exercise the mind without the joint assistance of the body. Plato body mind exercise We must now examine whether just people also live better and are happier than unjust ones. I think it's clear already that this is so, but we must look into it further, since the argument concerns no ordinary topic, but the way we ought to live. Plato people looks thinking Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty. Plato honesty plato truth Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity. Plato inspirational-life simple beauty One should turn towards the main ocean of the-beautiful-in-the-world so that one may by, contemplation of this Form, bring forth in all their splendor many fair fruits of discourse and meditation in a plenteous crop of philosophy. Plato ocean beautiful philosophy Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures. Plato savages animal men
