There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink. — Plato Copy Share Image
Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy. — Plato Copy Share Image
To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous. — Plato Copy Share Image
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all. — Plato Copy Share Image
Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who… — Plato Copy Share Image
We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past… — Plato Copy Share Image
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much… — Plato Copy Share Image
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness… — Plato Copy Share Image
Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune. — Plato Copy Share Image
“For as there are misanthropists, or haters of men, there are also misologists, or haters of ideas, and both spring from the… — Plato Copy Share Image
Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no… — Plato Copy Share Image
And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not… — Plato Copy Share Image
Between knowledge of what really exists and ignorance of what does not exist lies the domain of opinion. It is more obscure… — Plato Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls. — Plato Copy Share Image
“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is… — Plato Copy Share Image
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of… — Plato Copy Share Image
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… — Plato Copy Share Image
For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm… — Plato Copy Share Image
“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable… — Plato Copy Share Image
