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Plato Quotes - Page 6
Greek
-
Philosopher
427 BC - 347 BC
The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.
Plato
Injustice
,
Reach
,
Highest
A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
Plato
Mankind
,
Needs
,
Conceive
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
Plato
Virtue
,
Actions
,
Ages
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.
Plato
Knowledge
,
More
,
Ill
Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
Plato
Injustice
,
Doing
,
Which
The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.
Plato
Service
,
Gods
,
Tolerable
The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.
Plato
Soul
,
Vision
,
Unable
When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.
Plato
May
,
Author
,
Wrongly
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
Plato
Wish
,
Same
,
Steals
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Plato
Knowledge
,
Which
,
Compulsion
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.
Plato
Meaning
,
Must
There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.
Plato
Lovers
,
Oath
,
Thing
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
Plato
Liberty
,
Excess
,
Pass
To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.
Plato
Injustice
,
Having
,
Which
Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.
Plato
Never
,
Ways
,
Legislate
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.
Plato
May
,
Abroad
,
Allowed
Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.
Plato
Help
,
Her
,
Would
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.
Plato
Love
,
Thirst
,
Imbalance
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