The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.
States are as the men are they grow out of human characters.
Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
Knowledge is the food of the soul.
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, an...
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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.
Χαλεπὰ τὰ καλάNothing beautiful without struggle.
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
Of all animals the boy is the most unmanageable.
No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself
Philosophy is the highest music.
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
Every man is a poet when he is in love.
Necessity who is the mother of our invention.
Love - a grave mental disease.
The perfect state is one where men weep and rejoice over the same things.