~ By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him to rule, and to obey, with justice. This is the only education which deserves the name. ~ Plato
~ Pleasure is the bait of sin. ~ Plato
~ For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation ~ Plato
~ Pleasure is the bait of sin ~ Plato
~ Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. ~ 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. ~ Plato
~ Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul ~ Plato
~ Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul ~ Plato
~ One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ~ Plato
~ Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent ~ Plato
~ The first and the best victory is to conquer self. ~ Plato
~ The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is of all things most shameful and vile. ~ Plato
~ Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage. ~ Plato
~ When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. ~ Plato
~ Arguments, like men are often pretenders ~ Plato
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