Philosopher

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is right to give every man his due.

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.

Musik adalah hukum moral. Ini memberi jiwa ke alam semesta, sayap untuk pikiran, terbang ke imajinasi, dan pesona dan keceriaan untuk hidup dan untuk semuanya.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Seorang pahlawan lahir diantara ratusan. Orang bijak ditemukan diantara ribuan, tapi sesuatu yang dicapai mungkin tidak ditemukan bahkan di antara seratus ribu orang.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Arah yang diberikan pendidikan. Untuk mengawali hidup seseorang akan menentukan masa depannya.

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.

Bahaya berhati-hati untuk menguntungkan orang lain.

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

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

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

Man - a being in search of meaning.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.