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 |
It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other. |
It is only the dead who have seen the end of war |
It is right to give every man his due. |
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens |
Justice is having and doing what is one's own |
Justice is having and doing what is one's own |
Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. |
Know thyself. |
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous. |
Knowledge is the food of the soul. |
Knowledge is true opinion. |
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. |
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. |
Leaders like wars because wars remind people they need leaders, |