Plato

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

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

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of read more

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.