Wisdom alone is the true and unalloyed coin for which we ought to exchange all things, for this and with this everything is bought and sold--fortitude, temperance, and justice; in a word, true virtue subsists with wisdom.

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Wisdom alone is the true and unalloyed coin for which we ought to exchange all things, for this and with this everything is bought and sold--fortitude, temperance, and justice; in a word, true virtue subsists with wisdom.

Platone · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 482

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Let him take heart who does advance, even in the smallest degree.

Platone · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 487

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk.

Platone · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 65

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Peraltro, o Socrate, bisogna fare uso della retorica come di tutti gli altri strumenti di lotta. Infatti, anche di tutti gli altri strumenti di lotta non bisogna servirsi in modo indiscriminato e contro tutti. (456 c)

Platone · Gorgia / Citazioni

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Però io temo, cittadini, che il difficile sia non già schivare la morte, ma assai più difficile sottrarsi alla malvagità, che corre più veloce della morte.

Platone · Apologia di Socrate / Citazioni