--- title: "16 Greater Quotes By Plato" description: "16 Greater quotes by Plato. Plus more from Plato and more Greater sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/plato-103_greater_the-greater-part-of-instruction-is-being_2651077.jpg" --- > [The greater part of instruction is being reminded of things you already know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-greater-part-of-instruction-is-being-reminded-of-things-you/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/plato-103_greater_the-greater-part-of-instruction-is-being_2651077.jpg) > [If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/if-one-has-made-a-mistake-and-fails-to-correct-it-one-has-made-a/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/plato-103_failing_if-one-has-made-a-mistake-and-fails-to-c_1922910.jpg) > [There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/there-is-far-greater-peril-in-buying-knowledge-than-in-buying-meat/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/plato-103_buying_there-is-far-greater-peril-in-buying-kno_1378690.jpg) > [I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-fast-for-greater-physical-and-mental-efficiency/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/plato-103_efficiency_i-fast-for-greater-physical-and-mental-e_841144.jpg) > [Neither human wisdom nor divine inspiration can confer upon man any greater blessing than this \[live a life of happiness and harmony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/neither-human-wisdom-nor-divine-inspiration-can-confer-upon-man-any/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/plato-103_blessing_neither-human-wisdom-nor-divine-inspirat_2016297.jpg) > [The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-more-the-pleasures-of-the-body-fade-away-the-greater-to-me-is-the/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/plato-103_body_the-more-the-pleasures-of-the-body-fade_1025164.jpg) > [Great is the issue at stake, greater than appears, whether a man is to be good or bad. And what will any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/great-is-the-issue-at-stake-greater-than-appears-whether-a-man-is-to/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/plato-103_be-good_great-is-the-issue-at-stake-greater-than_2758008.jpg) > [To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/to-prefer-evil-to-good-is-not-in-human-nature-and-when-a-man-is/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/plato-103_compelled_to-prefer-evil-to-good-is-not-in-human-n_1442519.jpg) > [I do not live to play, but I play in order that I may live, and return with greater zest to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-do-not-live-to-play-but-i-play-in-order-that-i-may-live-and-return/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/plato-103_football_i-do-not-live-to-play-but-i-play-in-orde_231539.jpg) > [I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-exhort-you-also-to-take-part-in-the-great-combat-which-is-the/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/plato-103_combat_i-exhort-you-also-to-take-part-in-the-gr_115266.jpg) > [I fear this is not the right exchange to attain virtue, to exchange pleasures for pleasures, pains for pains and fears for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-fear-this-is-not-the-right-exchange-to-attain-virtue-to-exchange/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/plato-103_character_i-fear-this-is-not-the-right-exchange-to_1474795.jpg) > [And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/and-we-must-beg-homer-and-the-other-poets-not-to-be-angry-if-we/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/plato-103_angry_and-we-must-beg-homer-and-the-other-poet_1650913.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) > [I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure, or profit either, than talking or listening to philosophy. But when it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-don-t-know-anything-that-gives-me-greater-pleasure-or-profit-either/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/plato-103_absolutely-nothing_i-don-t-know-anything-that-gives-me-grea_1636864.jpg) > [Vision, in my view, is the cause of the greatest benefit to us, inasmuch as none of the accounts now given concerning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/vision-in-my-view-is-the-cause-of-the-greatest-benefit-to-us-inasmuch/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/plato-103_accounts_vision-in-my-view-is-the-cause-of-the-gr_956362.jpg) > [Do you, like a skilful weigher, put into the balance the pleasures and the pains, near and distant, and weigh them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/do-you-like-a-skilful-weigher-put-into-the-balance-the-pleasures-and/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/plato-103_action_do-you-like-a-skilful-weigher-put-into-t_3122308.jpg) ## Other authors on Greater ## 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/greater/plato/#itemlist", "name": 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