Famous Quotes by Plato
- You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a... More
- There is no such thing as a lovers’ oath. More
- I am about to die, and that is the hour in which men are gifted with prophetic power. More
- No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. More
- The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of... More
- It is a common saying, and in everybody’s mouth, that life is but a sojourn. More
- He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of... More
- In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, “How do you... More
- I shall assume that your silence gives consent. More
- You cannot go into the same water twice. More
- There is an ancient saying that, “Hard is the knowledge of the good.” More
- No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their... More
- Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails. More
- The gods’ service is tolerable, man’s intolerable. More
- Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. More
- It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws... More
- Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good. More
- To begin with the wine jar in learning the potter’s art. More
- To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and... More
- Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man. More
- Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly. More
- Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer... More
- To do injustice is the greatest of all evils. More
- For the poets tell us, don’t they, that the melodies they bring us are gathered from rills that... More
- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. More
- That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness. More
- He will wish and desire to learn as long as he lives, as Solon says. More
- I would fain grow old learning many things. More
- When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure. More
- They shall beget and rear children, handing on the torch of life from one generation to another. More
- The good is the beautiful. More
- No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return. More
- They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom. More
- Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do. More
- We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection. More
- Many are the thyrsus-bearers, but few are the mystics. More
- There is a doctrine uttered in secret that man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of... More
- All I would ask you to be thinking of is the truth and not Socrates. More
- It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from asbsolute beauty is beautiful because... More
- Such, Echecrates, was the end of our comrade, who was, we may fairly say, of all those whom we... More
- May not the wolf, as the proverb says, claim a hearing? More
- Equals, the proverb goes, delight in equals. More
- The soul is like a pair of winged horses and a charioteer joined in natural union. More
- Let parents then bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. More
- There is an ancient saying, which is a true one—”To fight against two opponents is a... More
- There’s a victory and defeat—the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of... More
- Of all animals the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him... More
- All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. More
- The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles. More
- Death is not the worst that can happen to men. More
- There is no harm in repeating a good thing. More
- Much sleep is not required by nature, either for our souls or bodies, or for the actions in which... More
- He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. More
- As the proverb says, “a good beginning is half the business” and “to have begun well” is... More
- No man’s nature is able to know what is best for the social state of man; or, knowing, always... More
- Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of... More
- The only real ill-doing is the deprivation of knowledge. More
- He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power. More
- And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. More
- [The Cretans have] more wit than words. More
- Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. More
- As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. More
- Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in... More
- Fly from the company of the wicked—fly and turn not back. More
- Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child. More
- To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two... More
- The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under... More
- Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which... More
- And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become... More
- Let brother help brother. More
- Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of... More
- For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. More
- Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. More
- One man cannot practice many arts with success. More
- The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at... More
- That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed. More
- The beginning is the chiefest part of any work. More
- I proclaim that might is right, justice, the interest of the stronger. More
- They ought to be gentle to their friends and dangerous to their enemies. More
- Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that... More
- A state ... arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all... More
- The true runner comes to the finish and receives the prize and is crowned. More
- The excessive increase of anything often causes a reaction in the opposite direction. More
- Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety. More
- On the threshold of old age. More
- Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy. More
- They will take a state and human nature for their tablet, and begin by making a clean surface. More
- The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not. More
- Justice means minding one’s own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns. More
- Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble. More
- For this invention of yours will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn it, by... More
- Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what... More
- These, then, will be some of the features of democracy ... it will be, in all likelihood, an... More
- No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man.... No study, pursued under... More
- We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear... More
- Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every reality by a... More
- Let us describe the education of our men.... What then is the education to be? Perhaps we could... More
- The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless. More
- In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can... More
- For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since... More
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