Character Quotes by Plato

Music is a defining element of character.

— Plato

Virtue is voluntary, vice involuntary.

— Plato

Virtue is a kind of health, beauty and good habit of the soul.

— Plato

[The Cretans have] more wit than words.

— Plato

Discordance is evil. Harmony is virtue.

— Plato

Great parts produce great vices as well as virtues.

— Plato

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

— Plato

Is virtue something that can be taught?

— Plato

All the gold upon the earth and all the gold beneath it, does not compensate for lack of virtue.

— Plato

“Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.”

— Plato

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

— Plato

“virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.”

— Plato

“the creative soul creates not children, but conceptions of wisdom and virtue,”

— Plato

Music is moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety…

— Plato

Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.

— Plato

The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed.

— Plato

The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that…

— Plato

Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know…

— Plato

... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or…

— Plato

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly…

— Plato

“this is the greatest good to man, to discourse daily on virtue, and other things which you have heard me discussing, examining…

— Plato

... for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will…

— Plato

I fear this is not the right exchange to attain virtue, to exchange pleasures for pleasures, pains for pains and fears for…

— Plato

What is better adapted than the festive use of wine in the first place to test and in the second place to…

— Plato

Justice in the individual is now defined analogously to justice in the state. The individual is wise and brave in virtue of…

— Plato

And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a…

— Plato

What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character…

— Plato

“Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm…

— Plato

And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first…

— Plato

He who gives himself to a lover because he is a good man, and in the hope that he will be improved…

— Plato

For the man who makes everything that leads to happiness, or near to it, to depend upon himself, and not upon other…

— Plato

The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the…

— Plato

“Nor when love is of this disinterested sort is there any disgrace in being deceived, but in every other case there is…

— Plato

Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?

— Plato

Music is moral law. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, true and beautiful.

— Plato

One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected…

— Plato

Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will…

— Plato

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best…

— Plato

Great is the issue at stake, greater than appears, whether a man is to be good or bad. And what will any…

— Plato

“For know that this is the command of God; and I believe that no greater good has ever happened in the state…

— Plato