--- title: "10 All things Quotes By Plato" description: "10 All things quotes by Plato. Plus more from Plato and more All things sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/plato-103_all-things_to-be-conquered-by-yourself-is-of-all-th_425222.jpg" --- > [To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/to-be-conquered-by-yourself-is-of-all-things-most-shameful-and-vile/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/plato-103_all-things_to-be-conquered-by-yourself-is-of-all-th_425222.jpg) > [Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/must-not-all-things-at-the-last-be-swallowed-up-in-death/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/plato-103_all-things_must-not-all-things-at-the-last-be-swall_818744.jpg) > [Friends should have all things in common.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/friends-should-have-all-things-in-common/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/plato-103_all-things_friends-should-have-all-things-in-common_876665.jpg) > [All things are in fate, yet all things are not decreed by fate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/all-things-are-in-fate-yet-all-things-are-not-decreed-by-fate/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/plato-103_all-things_all-things-are-in-fate-yet-all-things-ar_1787843.jpg) > [God is not the author of all things, but of good only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/god-is-not-the-author-of-all-things-but-of-good-only/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/plato-103_all-things_god-is-not-the-author-of-all-things-but_1336097.jpg) > [There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, and a third which imitates them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/there-are-three-arts-which-are-concerned-with-all-things-one-which/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/plato-103_all-things_there-are-three-arts-which-are-concerned_1132077.jpg) > [We must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-must-infer-that-all-things-are-produced-more-plentifully-and/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/plato-103_all-things_we-must-infer-that-all-things-are-produc_2727287.jpg) > [All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/all-things-will-be-produced-in-superior-quantity-and-quality-and-with/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/plato-103_all-things_all-things-will-be-produced-in-superior_1247921.jpg) > [For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-a-man-to-conquer-himself-is-the-first-and-noblest-of-all-2/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/plato-103_all-things_for-a-man-to-conquer-himself-is-the-firs_1349856.jpg) > [In heaven there is laid up a pattern which he who chooses may behold, and beholding, set his own house in order.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/in-heaven-there-is-laid-up-a-pattern-which-he-who-chooses-may-behold/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/plato-103_all-things_in-heaven-there-is-laid-up-a-pattern-whi_2307162.jpg) ## Other authors on All things ## More by Plato > [Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/each-man-is-capable-of-doing-one-thing-well-if-he-attempts-several-he/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/you-may-be-sure-dear-crito-that-inaccurate-language-is-not-only-in/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/if-men-learn-this-it-will-implant-forgetfulness-in-their-souls-they/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/knowledge-which-is-acquired-under-compulsion-obtains-no-hold-on-the/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-do-not-think-it-is-permitted-that-a-better-man-be-harmed-by-a-worse/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/any-city-however-small-is-in-fact-divided-into-two-one-the-city-of/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/when-men-speak-ill-of-thee-live-so-as-nobody-may-believe-them/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-love-of-man-to-woman-is-a-thing-common-and-of-course-and-at-first/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/strange-times-are-these-in-which-we-live-when-old-and-young-are/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“He was a wise man who invented God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/he-was-a-wise-man-who-invented-god/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-let-me-tell-you-that-the-more-the-pleasures-of-the-body-fade-away/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/what-shall-we-say-about-those-spectators-then-who-can-see-a-plurality/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Geometry existed before creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/geometry-existed-before-creation/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/when-men-speak-ill-of-thee-live-so-that-nobody-will-believe-them/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-must-if-we-are-to-be-consistent-and-if-we-re-to-have-a-real/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-things/plato/#itemlist", 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