Greek - Philosopher | 427 BC - 347 BC
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
Plato
ChildrenPromotionPerfectVirtue
The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.
VisionEyesSoulEndureDivine
The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.
LoveGodImpossibleNeedHungerOut
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
KnowledgeMindHoldWhichCompulsion
Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
DeathUpThingsLastMustSwallowed
Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.
MenWhateverMagicalSeemsProduce
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
KnowledgeEvilAimVirtuousBecomes
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
TeachWellWhoGovernWantsEver
There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.
LoversOathThing
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
PowerWishSameLittleWhoHe
I would fain grow old learning many things.
LearningGrowOldThingsWouldMany
A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
OutMankindUsStateNeedsMany
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