Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base..
The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above..
The wisdom of men is worth little or nothing..
God is a geometrician..
The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants..
If in a discussion of many matters ... we are not able to give perfectly exact and self-consistent accounts, do not be surprised: rather we would be ….
There is no such thing as a lovers' oath..
Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action, fears and is afraid of an ill ….
That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness..
The well-nurtured youth is one who would see most clearly whatever was amiss in ill-made works of man or ill-grown works of nature, and with a just d….
There is no necessity for the man who means to be an orator to understand what is really just but only what would appear so to the majority of those ….
So the well educated man can learn to sing and dance well..
To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile..
For when there are no words, it is very difficult to recognize the meaning of the harmony and rhythm, or to see any worldly object is imitated by the….
A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge..
Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied..
A dog has the soul of a philosopher..
So where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of those who make that rule: the government's….
Madness, provided it comes as the gift of heaven, is the channel by which we receive the greatest blessings... the men of old who gave things their n….
How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in th….
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself..