Agathon's Quotes

#1. Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.'

Aristotle.

#2. When I kiss Agathon my soul is on my lips, where it comes, poor thing, hoping to cross over.

Plato

#3. Don't compromise your values because of some guy,

Alison Stanley

#4. Ironically, pretending that parenting is easy diminishes the value of family. As truth seekers and truth speakers, we need to be honest about the cost of parenting.

Leslie Leyland Fields

#5. Art is in love with luck, and luck with art.

Agathon

#6. There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.

Agathon

#7. This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

Agathon

#8. For this alone is lacking even to God, to make undone the things that have once been done. (Quoting Agathon)

Aristotle.

#9. Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever.

Agathon

#10. The improvement of the mind improves the heart and corrects the understanding.

Agathon

#11. The Arctic is among the least understood places on the planet; however, we do know that its landscape is changing and evolving as quickly as cell phones and the Internet.

Philippe Cousteau Jr.

#12. You can never read too many books, any kind.

Nora Roberts

#13. Sometimes I ask myself, "Should I be out in a club?" But it's about realising I don't need to be always chasing after being who I was 20 or 30 years ago.

Marc Almond

#14. Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.

Agathon

#15. Even God cannot change the past.

Agathon

#16. This only is denied even to God: the power to undo the past.

Agathon

#17. And Agathon said, It is probable, Socrates, that I knew nothing of what I had said.
And yet spoke you beautifully, Agathon, he said.

Plato