--- title: "5 Disgrace Quotes By Plato" description: "5 Disgrace quotes by Plato. Plus more from Plato and more Disgrace sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/plato-103_disgrace_to-him-who-disgraces-his-family-life-is_126766.jpg" --- > [To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/to-him-who-disgraces-his-family-life-is-no-life-and-to-such-a-person/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/plato-103_disgrace_to-him-who-disgraces-his-family-life-is_126766.jpg) > [Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/is-it-not-true-that-the-clever-rogue-is-like-the-runner-who-runs-well/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/plato-103_analogy_is-it-not-true-that-the-clever-rogue-is_1366284.jpg) > [“Nor when love is of this disinterested sort is there any disgrace in being deceived, but in every other case there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/nor-when-love-is-of-this-disinterested-sort-is-there-any-disgrace-in/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/plato-103_character_nor-when-love-is-of-this-disinterested-s_2353332.jpg) > [But at three, four, five, and even six years the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/but-at-three-four-five-and-even-six-years-the-childish-nature-will/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/plato-103_children_but-at-three-four-five-and-even-six-year_2454306.jpg) > [Madness, provided it comes as the gift of heaven, is the channel by which we receive the greatest blessings... the men of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/madness-provided-it-comes-as-the-gift-of-heaven-is-the-channel-by/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbc/plato-103_ancestor_madness-provided-it-comes-as-the-gift-of_2900698.jpg) ## Other authors on Disgrace ## 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/disgrace/plato/#itemlist", "name": "5 Disgrace Quotes By Plato", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither while living nor when dead.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plato" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/to-him-who-disgraces-his-family-life-is-no-life-and-to-such-a-person/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/plato-103_disgrace_to-him-who-disgraces-his-family-life-is_126766.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/plato-103_disgrace_to-him-who-disgraces-his-family-life-is_126766.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/plato-103_disgrace_to-him-who-disgraces-his-family-life-is_126766.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither…” — Plato", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. 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