Plato: articles and tips

Plato says:  “There is nothing I like better than conversing with aged men. For I regard them as travelers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go, and

Plato says:  “How singular is the thing called pleasure, and how curiously related to pain, which might be thought to be the opposite of it; for they never come to a man together, and yet he who pursues either of…

Plato says:  “The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.”

Plato says:  “States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers.”

Plato says: “Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is…

Plato says: “A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a…

Plato says: “Virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.”

Plato says:  “Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.”

Plato says: “You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired…

Plato says:  “Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.”