Plato

For harmony is a symphony, and symphony is an agreement; but an agreement of disagreements while they disagree there cannot be; you cannot harmonize that which disagrees.

Plato

For he who is a corrupter of the laws is more than likely to be a corrupter of the young and foolish portion of mankind.

Plato

For he, Adeimantus, whose mind is fixed upon true being, has surely no time to look down upon the affairs of earth, or to be filled with malice and envy, contending against men

Plato

For I am certain, O men of Athens, that if I had engaged in politics, I should have perished long ago and done no good either to you or to myself.

Plato

For in this way the God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods by whom they are severally possessed.

Plato

For instance, I remember someone asking Sophocles, the poet, whether he was still capable of enjoying a woman. ‘Don’t talk in that way,’ he answered; ‘I am only too glad to be free of all that; it is like escaping from bondage to a raging madman.

Plato

For it is not because they fear doing unjust deeds, but because they fear suffering them, that those who blame injustice do so.

Plato

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as love awakens them

Plato

For our discussion is about no ordinary matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives.

Plato

For our discussion is on no trifling matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives.

Plato