Quotes by Plato

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Science is nothing but perception.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.