Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?.
You can't do good if you don't feel good..
You can remember, a single deluge only, but there were many previous ones..
The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things..
Equals, the proverb goes, delight in equals..
Necessity is literally the mother of invention..
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder..
The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable..
I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency.
According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split the….
If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul..
If there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their beloved, they would be the very best governor….
Wisdom is a blaze, kindled by a leaping spark..
Before all it's necessary to look after the Soul, if you want the head and the rest of the body to function correctly..
It behooves those who take the young to task to leave them room for excuse, lest they drive them to be hardened by too much rebuke..
The man who hath music in his soul will be most in love with the loveliest..
Pleasure is the bait of sin.
Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy..
The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself..
Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it..
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another..