Category Quotations

Plato says: “For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For

Plato says: “For as there are misanthropists, or haters of men, there are also misologists, or haters of ideas, and both spring from the same cause, which is ignorance of the world.”

Plato says: “Excellence” is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act “rightly” because we are “excellent”, in fact we achieve “excellence” by acting “rightly”.”

Plato says: “Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.”

Plato says: “Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity”

Plato says: “Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.”

Plato says: “And I understood then that I was a fool when I told you I would take my turn in singing the honours of Love, and admitted I was terribly clever in love affairs, whereas it seems I really…

Plato says: “An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”

Plato says: “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 says: “According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of…