~ Plato Quotes ~

[MysteRy]

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

[MysteRy]

There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses another which makes and a third which imitates them.

[MysteRy]

Bodily exercise when compulsory does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

[MysteRy]

Wealth ... and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence and the other of meanness and vicious-ness and both of discontent.

[MysteRy]

Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.

[MysteRy]

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.

[MysteRy]

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself and not upon other men has adopted the very best plan for living happily.

[MysteRy]

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

[MysteRy]

The partisan when he is engaged in a dispute cares nothing about the rights of the question but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.

[MysteRy]

You are young my son and as the years go by time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.

[MysteRy]

Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed whose spirit cannot be subdued or softened or hindered from plunging into evil.