And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will be more frequent opportunities to sleep with a woman; this will give us a pretext for ensuring that most of our children are born of that parent.
PlatoPoverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.
PlatoMan never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.
PlatoLet early education be a sort of amusement. You will then be better able to find out the natural bent.
PlatoIs it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. The crown is the prize of the really good runner who perseveres to the end.
Plato