But tell me, this physician of whom you were just speaking, is he a moneymaker, an earner of fees, or a healer of the sick?
When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.
Then the first thing will be to establish a censorship of the writers of fiction, and let the censors receive any tale of fiction which is good, and reject the bad; and we will desire mothers and nurses to tell their children the authorized ones only.
— Republic (Plato)
Politics
God is not the author of all things, but of good only.
— Republic (Plato)
Religion
The gods are not magicians who transform themselves; neither do they deceive mankind in any way.
— Republic (Plato)
Religion
Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?
— Republic (Plato)
Courage
And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are unpoetical, or unattractive to the popular ear, but because the greater the poetical charm in them, the less are they meant for the ears of boys and men who are meant to be free, and who should fear slavery more than death.
— Republic (Plato)
Education
A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction.
— Republic (Plato)
Humorous