A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
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.
Plato
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Plato
Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
Plato
Democracy passes into despotism.
Plato
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
Plato
Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
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
Life must be lived as play.
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
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.
Plato
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Plato
Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
Plato
Democracy passes into despotism.
Plato
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
Plato
Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
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
Life must be lived as play.
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
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