"The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death."
Plato Quotes
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Two quotes a day keep the lack of wisdom at bay.
"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another."
"By harming a horse, you decrease his excellence. Thus, by harming a person, you decrease their excellence."
"Any peace is better than any war."
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."
"Wealth is well known to be a great comforter."
"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."
"An accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men."
"Either never, or very seldom, do the quiet actions in life appear to be better than the quick and energetic ones."
"What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable of following if someone else tries to lead them to it, and who can see many moral actions, but not morality itself, and so on? That they only ever entertain beliefs, and do not know any of the things they believe?"
"All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance."
"Music then is simply the result of the effects of Love on rhythm and harmony."
"Wonder is the only beginning of philosophy."
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
"Beauty is certainly a soft, smooth, slippery thing, and therefore of a nature which easily slips in and permeates our souls."
"I have good hope that there is something after death."
"If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest."
"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."
"Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half."
"I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools."