Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
But, my dearest Agathon, it is truth which you cannot contradict; you can without any difficulty contradict Socrates.
Plato in Symposium
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Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.
Plato in The Republic
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men.
Plato in The Republic
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