--- title: "5 Guides Quotes By Plato" description: "5 Guides quotes by Plato. Plus more from Plato and more Guides sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/plato-103_birth_for-neither-birth-nor-wealth-nor-honors_446787.jpg" --- > [For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-neither-birth-nor-wealth-nor-honors-can-awaken-in-the-minds-of/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/plato-103_birth_for-neither-birth-nor-wealth-nor-honors_446787.jpg) > [“Eros guides us to Logos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/eros-guides-us-to-logos/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/plato-103_eros_eros-guides-us-to-logos-583315_583315.jpg) > [The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-souls-of-people-on-their-way-to-earth-life-pass-through-a-room/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/plato-103_country_the-souls-of-people-on-their-way-to-eart_1037156.jpg) > [ Those who are not schooled and practised in truth \[who are not honest and upright men\] can never manage aright the government,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/those-who-are-not-schooled-and-practised-in-truth-who-are-not-honest/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/plato-103_action_those-who-are-not-schooled-and-practised_1210851.jpg) > [Integrity is your destiny-it is the light that guides your way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/integrity-is-your-destiny-it-is-the-light-that-guides-your-way/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/plato-103_destiny_integrity-is-your-destiny-it-is-the-ligh_2757752.jpg) ## Other authors on Guides ## 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/guides/plato/#itemlist", "name": "5 Guides Quotes By Plato", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plato" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-neither-birth-nor-wealth-nor-honors-can-awaken-in-the-minds-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/plato-103_birth_for-neither-birth-nor-wealth-nor-honors_446787.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/plato-103_birth_for-neither-birth-nor-wealth-nor-honors_446787.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/plato-103_birth_for-neither-birth-nor-wealth-nor-honors_446787.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide…” — Plato", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Eros guides us to Logos.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plato" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/eros-guides-us-to-logos/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/plato-103_eros_eros-guides-us-to-logos-583315_583315.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/plato-103_eros_eros-guides-us-to-logos-583315_583315.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/plato-103_eros_eros-guides-us-to-logos-583315_583315.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Eros guides us to Logos.” — Plato", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; 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