Plato Quotes

Free, open love I have looked upon as dog's love. Secret love is, besides, cowardly.

I always thought that if I was popular I must be doing something wrong.

A little weeping, a little wheedling, a little self-degradation, a little careful use of our advantages, and then some man will say .Come, be my wife! With good looks and youth marriage is easy to attain. There are men enough; but a woman who has sold herself, even for a ring and a new name, need hold her skirt aside for no creature in the street. They both earn their bread in one way. Marriage for love is the most beautiful external symbol of the union of souls; marriage without it is the least clean traffic that defiles the world.

To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best means of becoming popular which can be recommended to a young sovereign.

A man who is supposed to have caused a disturbance between two married people, in a certain rank of life, does generally receive a certain meed of admiration.

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation.

Who dispenses reputation? Who makes us respect and revere persons, works, laws, the great? Who but this faculty of imagination? All the riches of the earth are inadequate without its approval.

Not every love, but only that which has a noble purpose, is noble and worthy of praise.

One person can keep a secret, but not two.

No one will ever ask me to sing because it's beautiful. My secret is hiding my musicianship behind humor.

Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them.

When you look past the image, a celebrity is merely a person you know nothing about.

Decide whether you want to be liked or admired.

It stirs up envy, fame does. People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you - and it won't hurt your feelings - like it's happening to your clothing.

My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.

The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do.

When once enthusiasm has been turned into ridicule, everything is undone except money and power.

Love . . . is like nature, but in reverse; first it fruits, then it flowers, then it seems to wither, then it goes deep, deep down into its burrow, where no one sees it, where it is lost from sight, and ultimately people die with that secret buried inside their souls.

When you're a writer and you're a producer, traditionally the junkets are really focused on the beautiful people and nobody wants to talk to you.

I think it's much more interesting when people say, "I love being famous. I love the attention and getting laid and having people I respect admire me," than when they pretend it hasn't had an effect on them.

She used to be a teacher but she has no class now.

Let me tell you now a man of my position can afford to look ridiculous at any time.

To have money is to be virtuous, honest, beautiful and witty And to be without is to be ugly and boring and stupid and useless.

No one is perfect and everyone is different, but everyone one is beautiful in their own way and that's what makes us special.For me, it went beyond being a beauty queen. For me, it was about being the 20-year-old girl from India on international platform and a lot of people actually would assume that I wasn't even educated in India because of the way I'd speak.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.