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Plato Quotes
«Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens»
«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.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| About:
Cleverness,
Evil,
Ignorance,
Intelligence,
Misfortune
| Keywords:
accompanied, excessive, misfortune, training
«They see only their own shadows or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
cave, cave in, Cave of the, opposite, shadows, Shadows of, the fire, The Shadows, throws, wall
«Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from the first a partaker of truth, for then he can be trusted»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| About:
Beginning,
Truth
| Keywords:
blessed, Good Thing, partaker, trusted
«There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who when danger is pressing in will not acknowledge the divine power.»
«These, then, will be some of the features of democracy... it will be, in all likelihood, an agreeable, lawless, parti-colored commonwealth, dealing with all alike on a footing of equality, whether they be really equal or not.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
agreeable, colored, commonwealth, commonwealths, dealing, features, footing, in all likelihood, lawless, likelihood, the Commonwealth
«Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| About:
Moderation
| Keywords:
acquaintance, foundation, importance, indifference, moderation, proceed, proportioned, prudent, well-proportioned, with moderation, zeal