The Republic

By Plato QUOTATION: Let brother help brother.
ATTRIBUTION: Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 362 D.

QUOTATION: Justice means minding one’s own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.
ATTRIBUTION: Plato (427–347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic 4.433a, trans. by Cornford.

QUOTATION: And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst?
ATTRIBUTION: Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 491 E.

QUOTATION: That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed.
ATTRIBUTION: Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 403 E.

QUOTATION: The excessive increase of anything often causes a reaction in the opposite direction.
ATTRIBUTION: Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 563 E..

QUOTATION: Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.
ATTRIBUTION: Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 564 A.

QUOTATION: The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
ATTRIBUTION: Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Socrates, in The Republic, bk. 10, sct. 617.

QUOTATION: For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.
ATTRIBUTION: Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 424 A.

QUOTATION: On the threshold of old age.
ATTRIBUTION: Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Republic, 328 E.

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