Quotes by Plato

12 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Like Douglas conquer, or like Douglas die.. и. JOHN HOME-Douglas. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 100. Self conquest is the greatest of victories.— filed under Conquest

From Petronius Arbiter. What was your dream? It seemed to me that a woman in white raiment, graceful and fair to look upon, came towards me and calling me by name said: On the third day, Socrates, thou shalt reach the coast of fertile Phthia.— filed under Dreams

Addison's trans. The Graces sought some holy ground, Whose sight should ever please; And in their search the soul they found Of Aristophanes.— filed under Bias

Ferry. Nov. 1, 1859. God is truth and light his shadow.— filed under God

It is better to be unborn than untaught: for ignorance is the root of misfortune.— filed under Imagination

The Hunting of Cupid. Love will make men dare to die for their beloved-love alone; and women as well as men.— filed under Love

Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city. S.— filed under Man

The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there: Then looking up and round the prospect wide, When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried.— filed under Occupations-Shoemaking

Johnson). Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.— filed under Poets

An animal without feathers and walking on two legs.— filed under Proverbs

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.— filed under Alexander Severus

Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.— filed under Solitude

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