Quote #10973
Necessity, who is the mother of invention.
Category Archives: Plato, The Republic
Quote #6661
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government...
Quote #4411
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to...
Quote #4412
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
Quote #4413
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is...
Quote #4414
The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into...
Quote #4415
There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another...
Quote #4416
The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.
Quote #4404
He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of...
Quote #4405
When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the...