All Plato Quotes
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
Plato
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Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
Plato
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There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
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Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
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Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.
Plato
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Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
Plato
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When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
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Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
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If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
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All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
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