Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
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.
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
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.
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.
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
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.
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
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.
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
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.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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.
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.