Quotations From PLATO

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• 91.

  That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed.

  Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 403 E....
• 92.

  For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

  Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 424 A....
  
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• 93.

  The excessive increase of anything often causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

  Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 563 E....
• 94.

  Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

  Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 564 A....
• 95.

  On the threshold of old age.

  Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 328 E....
• 96.

  The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

  Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 361 A....
• 97.

  No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man.... No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.

  Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Socrates, in The Republic, bk. 7, sct. 536e.
  
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• 98.

  No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

  Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Apology, 41 C....
  
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• 99.

  You must train the children to their studies in a playful manner, and without any air of constraint, with the further object of discerning more readily the natural bent of their respective characters.

  Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Socrates, in The Republic, bk. 7, sct. 537.
  
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• 100.

  Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

  Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 427 E....
  
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