Plato
2 books with highlights
Books
The Republic
10 highlights
The Symposium
10 highlights
Featured Highlights
Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
From The Republic
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.
From The Symposium
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
From The Republic
He who is not a good man will not be a good lover.
From The Symposium
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of the spoken word.
From The Symposium
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.
From The Republic