Philebus Quotes & Sayings

The good is twice described in
the Philebus as perfect, self-
sufficient and seeked by all
conscious beings. And the good
does not have a contrary: it is not
the one end of a scale whose evil
would be the other end; it is a
measure on any scale.
Taken from Bernard Suzanne
Plato and his dialogues
Pursuing Goodness or the Good.
Updated Nov 21, 1998 — Plato

I know their game. First, the traders and the missionaries: then the ambassadors: then the cannon. It's better to go straight to the cannon. — Tewodros II

Today he told Erec "Fun is for having. It is the one thing that is forever." Erec agreed. — Kaza Kingsley

I'm always horrified whenever I finish anything. Horrified and desolate. My instinct for perfection should inhibit me from ever finishing anything; it should in fact inhibit me from ever beginning. But I become distracted and do things. My accomplishments are not the product of my applied will but a giving away of my will. I begin because I don't have the strength to think; I finish because I don't have soul enough to stop things. This book is my cowardice. — Fernando Pessoa

A little foolishness, enough 2 enjoy life, & a little wisdom to avoid the errors, that will do — Osho

Stupid butterflies." - Andy — H.R. Willaston

There won't be any love to spare in this world as long as there's five francs. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Everything is in a state of becoming more then it is; otherwise we would all be bored. — Shepherd Hoodwin

Intellectual freedom is essential
freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by officialdom and prejudices. Such freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of people by mass myths, which, in the hands of treacherous hypocrites and demagogues, can be transformed into bloody dictatorship. — Andrei Sakharov

I have fun on stage, so people think maybe they should, too. — Bill Engvall

Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession. — Ed Asner

Philebus was saying that enjoyment and pleasure and delight, and the class of feelings akin to them, are a good to every living being, whereas I contend, that not these, but wisdom and intelligence and memory, and their kindred, right opinion and true reasoning, are better and more desirable than pleasure — Socrates

The Empire has risen; it is the most successful regime in history and we should be proud to be a part of it. — Ash Holland

There is no greater thing than standing victorious in the arena. — Crixus

Allow yourself to radiate your feminine light. — Miya Yamanouchi