Plato
Plato
Platowas a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition. Unlike nearly all of his philosophical contemporaries, Plato's entire œuvre is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
desires equally flying four living meeting perfect principle public wisdom
Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private; fortitude, the principle of not flying danger, but meeting it; and temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.
discover hour relationship
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
catch fire sacred youthful
Oh! may each youthful bosom, catch the sacred fire.
feels
Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers and there are times when we need to be nurtured.
wide
I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because in my opinion once that happens you X-out everyone else.
carries exchange full luck range thou time
Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give time full range
leadership power seek worthy
Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.
education names good-education
A good education is another name for happiness.
ignorance important branches
To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.
situations-in-life may spheres
A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be.
spring book sleep
[Books] may sleep for a while and be neglected; but whenever the desire of information springs up in the human breast, there they are with mild wisdom ready to instruct and please us.
vices virtue involuntary
Virtue is voluntary, vice involuntary.
spring hero greatness
The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
government fool affair
If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.