Plato

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

Plato

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Plato

Experience proves that anyone who has studied geometry is infinitely quicker to grasp difficult subjects than one who has not.

Plato

Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to acknowledgment of a divine power…..

Plato

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

Plato

Fire, air, earth, and water are bodies and therefore solids, and solids are contained in planes, and plane rectilinear figures are made up of triangles.

Plato

First, I must distinguish between that which always is and never becomes and which is apprehended by reason and reflection, and that which always becomes and never is and is conceived by opinion with the help of sense.

Plato

For as there are misanthropists, or haters of men, there are also misologists, or haters of ideas, and both spring from the same cause, which is ignorance of the world.

Plato

For every man who has learned to fight in arms will desire to learn the proper arrangement of an army, which is the sequel of the lesson.

Plato

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Plato