Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. Plato
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato
The beginning is the most important part of the work. Plato
Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something. Plato
Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to the acknowledgement of a divine power. Plato
The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics. Plato
Life must be lived as play. Plato
Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. 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
Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. Plato
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. Plato
To do injustice is the greatest of all evils. Plato
One man cannot practice many arts with success. Plato
The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless. 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
Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction, which they have not. Plato
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. Plato
There is an ancient saying, which is a true one – ‘To fight against two opponents is a difficult thing’. Plato
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Plato
Much sleep is not required by nature, either for our souls or bodies, or for the actions in which they are concerned. Plato
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. 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