Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety..
Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May I consider the wi….
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated..
And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will be more frequent opportu….
Even the gods love jokes..
A good education consists in knowing how to sing and dance well..
Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed f….
All learning is in the learner, not the teacher..
To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat..
If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools..
The choice of souls was in most cases based on their own experience of a previous life... Knowledge easily acquired is that which the enduing self ha….
If anyone comes to the gates of poetry and expects to become an adequate poet by acquiring expert knowledge of the subject without the Muses' madness….
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom..
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity..
People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't..
Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself up as honored, not on ….
Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to anothe….
The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless..
The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds..
Integrity is your destiny-it is the light that guides your way..
It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary..