3 December 2020 Plato The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Plato The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Plato To prefer evil to good is not in human nature and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
3 December 2020 Plato Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Plato When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Plato There are three classes of men lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
3 December 2020 Plato One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
3 December 2020 Plato Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
3 December 2020 Plato Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
