Children Quotes by Plato

Train children not by compulsion but as if they were playing.

— Plato

In an honest man there is always something of a child.

— Plato

From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle.

— Plato

An old man is twice a child, and so is a drunken man.

— Plato

Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.

— Plato

Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk.

— Plato

Not by force shall the children learn, but through play

— Plato

There is truth in wine and children

— Plato

The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.

— Plato

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

— Plato

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.

— Plato

Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

— Plato

Our love for our children springs from the soul's greatest yearning for immortality.

— Plato

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

— Plato

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

— Plato

We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light?

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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid…

— Plato

And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will…

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The makers of fortunes have a second love of money as a creation of their own, resembling the affection of authors for…

— Plato

The music masters familiarize children's minds with rhythms and melodies, thus making them more civilized, more balanced, better adjusted in themselves, and…

— Plato

Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours…

— Plato

I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast…

— Plato

“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be…

— Plato

“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are…

— Plato

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

— Plato

“Tell us what complaint you have to make against us which justifies you in attempting to destroy us and the State? In…

— Plato

Then may we not fairly plead in reply that our true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content…

— Plato

“Cookery simulates the disguise of medicine, and pretends to know what food is the best for the body; and if the physician…

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. . . you did not seem to me over-fond of money. And this is the way in general with those who…

— Plato

Each living creature is said to be alive and to be the same individual - as for example someone is said to…

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For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a…

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The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second,…

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“You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender…

— Plato

“...each living creature is said to be alive and to be the same individual-- as for example someone is said to be…

— Plato

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

— Plato

“It is easy to forgive children who are afraid of the dark but the real tragedy of life is men who are…

— Plato

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the…

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“not exact, but: the two most important questions are; who will teach the children? what they teach them?”

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“We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of…

— Plato

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomesa second time a child.

— Plato