Plato Quotes About Age

Quotes about: Age

• He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age

  Plato

  Optimism, Age, Pressure

  Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.211, Xist Publishing

• Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

  Plato

  Philosophical, Age, Action

  Plato (2010). “The Works of Plato: The Trial and Death of Socrates”, p.13, Cosimo, Inc.

• In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles? are you still capable of it? to which he replied, Hush! if you please: to my great delight I have escaped from it, and feel as if I had escaped from a frantic and savage master. I thought then, as I do now, that he spoke wisely. For unquestionably old age brings us profound repose and freedom from this and other passions.

  Plato

  Love, Plato, Passion

  Plato (1866). “The Republic of Plato, translated into English, with an introduction, analysis, and notes. By J. Ll. Davies and D. J. Vaughan”, p.3

• How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, "How does love suit with age, Sophocles - are you still the man you were?" he replied, "Peace, most gladly have I escaped the thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master."

  Plato

  Men, Mad, Age

• Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction.

  Plato

  Faith, Age, Opinion

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