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Plato Quotes

«Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped, not from one master, but from many.»
«Good people do not need laws to act responsibly, while bad people need laws to break them.»
Author: Plato (Philosopher) | Keywords: responsibly
«Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?»
Author: Plato (Philosopher)
«No one will convince me.»
Author: Plato (Philosopher)
«Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction, which they have not»
«If the study of all these sciences which we have enumerated, should ever bring us to their mutual association and relationship, and teach us the nature of the ties which bind them together, I believe that the diligent treatment of them will forward the objects which we have in view, and that the labor, which otherwise would be fruitless, will be well bestowed.»
«The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus they found, and that with ease, The soul of Aristophanes»
Author: Plato (Philosopher) | About: Grace, Mind | Keywords: Aristophanes, inviolate, shrine, the Graces
«For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them»
Author: Plato (Philosopher) | About: Birth, Honor, Life, Love, Principles, Wealth | Keywords: aspire, honorable, honors
«Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape, fortune, name, and nature all decay»
Author: Plato (Philosopher) | About: Challenge | Keywords: decay, wrought
«Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give time full range»
Author: Plato (Philosopher) | About: Time | Keywords: carry off, exchange, range