Quotes

“The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.” Horace

“Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.” Horace

“This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.” Horace

“You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.” Horace

“I strive to be brief but I become obscure.” Horace

“To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.” Horace

“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” Plato

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” Plato

“A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.” Plato

“All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.” Plato

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” Plato

“Love is a serious mental disease.” Plato

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” Plato

“He was a wise man who invented beer.” Plato

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” Plato

“All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.” Plato

“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.” Plato

“Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.” Plato

“Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.” Plato

“There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.” Plato

“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.” Plato

“The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.” Plato

“Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.” Plato

“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.” Plato

“The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.” Plato

“Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.” Plato

“To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.” Plato

“As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.” Plato

“Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.” Plato