Plato Quotes And Sayings

When A Benefit Is Wrongly Conferred, The Author Of The Benefit May Often Be Said To Injure.

A State Arises, As I Conceive, Out Of The Needs Of Mankind; No One Is Self-sufficing, But All Of Us Have Many Wants.

The Community Which Has Neither Poverty Nor Riches Will Always Have The Noblest Principles.

We Ought To Esteem It Of The Greatest Importance That The Fictions Which Children First Hear Should Be Adapted In The Most Perfect Manner To The Promotion Of Virtue.

Man Is A Wingless Animal With Two Feet And Flat Nails.

The Gods' Service Is Tolerable, Man's Intolerable.

For A Man To Conquer Himself Is The First And Noblest Of All Victories.

Tyranny Naturally Arises Out Of Democracy.

There Will Be No End To The Troubles Of States, Or Of Humanity Itself, Till Philosophers Become Kings In This World, Or Till Those We Now Call Kings And Rulers Really And Truly Become Philosophers, And Political Power And Philosophy Thus Come Into The Same Hands.

The Eyes Of The Soul Of The Multitudes Are Unable To Endure The Vision Of The Divine.

To Prefer Evil To Good Is Not In Human Nature; And When A Man Is Compelled To Choose One Of Two Evils, No One Will Choose The Greater When He Might Have The Less.

Wise Men Speak Because They Have Something To Say; Fools Because They Have To Say Something.

A Hero Is Born Among A Hundred, A Wise Man Is Found Among A Thousand, But An Accomplished One Might Not Be Found Even Among A Hundred Thousand Men.

Every Heart Sings A Song, Incomplete, Until Another Heart Whispers Back. Those Who Wish To Sing Always Find A Song. At The Touch Of A Lover, Everyone Becomes A Poet.

This And No Other Is The Root From Which A Tyrant Springs; When He First Appears He Is A Protector.

One Of The Penalties For Refusing To Participate In Politics Is That You End Up Being Governed By Your Inferiors.

We Are Twice Armed If We Fight With Faith.

Apply Yourself Both Now And In The Next Life. Without Effort, You Cannot Be Prosperous. Though The Land Be Good, You Cannot Have An Abundant Crop Without Cultivation.

To Go To The World Below, Having A Soul Which Is Like A Vessel Full Of Injustice, Is The Last And Worst Of All The Evils.

And What, Socrates, Is The Food Of The Soul? Surely, I Said, Knowledge Is The Food Of The Soul.

Thinking: The Talking Of The Soul With Itself.

Courage Is Knowing What Not To Fear.

Courage Is A Kind Of Salvation.

We Can Easily Forgive A Child Who Is Afraid Of The Dark; The Real Tragedy Of Life Is When Men Are Afraid Of The Light.

The First And Greatest Victory Is To Conquer Yourself; To Be Conquered By Yourself Is Of All Things Most Shameful And Vile.

There Are Two Things A Person Should Never Be Angry At, What They Can Help, And What They Cannot.

Nothing In The Affairs Of Men Is Worthy Of Great Anxiety.

To Love Rightly Is To Love What Is Orderly And Beautiful In An Educated And Disciplined Way.

The Curse Of Me And My Nation Is That We Always Think Things Can Be Bettered By Immediate Action Of Some Sort, Any Sort Rather Than No Sort.

He Who Is Of Calm And Happy Nature Will Hardly Feel The Pressure Of Age, But To Him Who Is Of An Opposite Disposition Youth And Age Are Equally A Burden.

Let Parents Bequeath To Their Children Not Riches, But The Spirit Of Reverence.

They Certainly Give Very Strange Names To Diseases.

There Must Always Remain Something That Is Antagonistic To Good.

The Most Important Part Of Education Is Proper Training In The Nursery.

Dictatorship Naturally Arises Out Of Democracy, And The Most Aggravated Form Of Tyranny And Slavery Out Of The Most Extreme Liberty.

Know One Knows Whether Death, Which People Fear To Be The Greatest Evil, May Not Be The Greatest Good.

Love Is The Joy Of The Good, The Wonder Of The Wise, The Amazement Of The Gods.

Love Is A Serious Mental Disease.

The Most Virtuous Are Those Who Content Themselves With Being Virtuous Without Seeking To Appear So.

The Man Who Makes Everything That Leads To Happiness Depends Upon Himself, And Not Upon Other Men, Has Adopted The Very Best Plan For Living Happily. This Is The Man Of Moderation, The Man Of Manly Character And Of Wisdom.

Necessity... The Mother Of Invention.

If A Man Neglects Education, He Walks Lame To The End Of His Life.

All Things Will Be Produced In Superior Quantity And Quality, And With Greater Ease, When Each Man Works At A Single Occupation, In Accordance With His Natural Gifts, And At The Right Moment, Without Meddling With Anything Else.

Justice In The Life And Conduct Of The State Is Possible Only As First It Resides In The Hearts And Souls Of The Citizens.

Astronomy Compels The Soul To Look Upwards And Leads Us From This World To Another.

Human Behavior Flows From Three Main Sources: Desire, Emotion, And Knowledge.

Philosophy Begins In Wonder.

Better A Little Which Is Well Done, Than A Great Deal Imperfectly.

Excess Of Liberty, Whether It Lies In State Or Individuals, Seems Only To Pass Into Excess Of Slavery.

No Man Should Bring Children Into The World Who Is Unwilling To Persevere To The End In Their Nature And Education.