Plato

By the golden chain Homer meant nothing else than the sun.

By the golden chain Homer meant nothing else than the sun.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in read more

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; read more

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.