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title: "35 Learning Quotes By Plato"
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> [I would fain grow old learning many things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-would-fain-grow-old-learning-many-things/)

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> [The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-essence-of-knowledge-is-self-knowledge/)

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> [All learning is in the learner, not the teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/all-learning-is-in-the-learner-not-the-teacher/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“All learning has an emotional base.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/all-learning-has-an-emotional-base/)

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> [Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/knowledge-becomes-evil-if-the-aim-be-not-virtuous/)

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> [Knowledge is true opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/knowledge-is-true-opinion/)

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> [The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-first-step-in-learning-is-the-destruction-of-human-conceit/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“Knowledge unqualified is knowledge simply of something learned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/knowledge-unqualified-is-knowledge-simply-of-something-learned/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“Those who don't know must learn from those who do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/those-who-don-t-know-must-learn-from-those-who-do/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/atheism-is-a-disease-of-the-soul-before-it-becomes-an-error-of-the/)

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> [You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/you-need-some-knowledge-to-recognize-knowledge-so-where-does-the/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [To begin with the wine jar in learning the potter's art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/to-begin-with-the-wine-jar-in-learning-the-potter-s-art/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-do-not-learn-and-what-we-call-learning-is-only-a-process-of/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“We do not learn, and that what we call learning is only a process of recollection.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-do-not-learn-and-that-what-we-call-learning-is-only-a-process-of/)

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> [“Haven't you noticed that opinion without knowledge is always a poor thing? At the best it is blind—isn't anyone who holds a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/haven-t-you-noticed-that-opinion-without-knowledge-is-always-a-poor/)

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> [“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-would-teach-children-music-physics-and-philosophy-but-most/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [The learning and knowledge that we have,is,at the most,but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-learning-and-knowledge-that-we-have-is-at-the-most-but-little/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [I should not like to say ... that any kind of knowledge is not to be learned; for all knowledge appears to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-should-not-like-to-say-that-any-kind-of-knowledge-is-not-to-be/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“If you want to understand language, spend less time in the library with Plato and more time on the buses with people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/if-you-want-to-understand-language-spend-less-time-in-the-library/)

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> [Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/thinking-and-spoken-discourse-are-the-same-thing-except-that-what-we/)

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> [Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/entire-ignorance-is-not-so-terrible-or-extreme-an-evil-and-is-far/)

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> [We obtain better knowledge of a person during one hour's play and games than by conversing with him for a whole year](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-obtain-better-knowledge-of-a-person-during-one-hour-s-play-and/)

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> [There should be no element of slavery in learning. Enforced exercise does no harm to the body, but enforced learning will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/there-should-be-no-element-of-slavery-in-learning-enforced-exercise/)

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> [Too much attention to health is a hindrance to learning, to invention, and to studies of any kind, for we are always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/too-much-attention-to-health-is-a-hindrance-to-learning-to-invention/)

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> [Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/ignorance-of-all-things-is-an-evil-neither-terrible-nor-excessive-nor/)

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> [“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/knowledge-which-is-acquired-under-compulsion-has-no-hold-on-the-mind/)

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> [ \[Not enough is known about solid geometry\] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/not-enough-is-known-about-solid-geometry-and-for-two-reasons-in-the/)

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> [“Whereas, our argument shows that the power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already; and that just as the eye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/whereas-our-argument-shows-that-the-power-and-capacity-of-learning/)

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> [If we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/if-we-are-ever-to-have-pure-knowledge-of-anything-we-must-get-rid-of/)

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> [Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/do-not-train-children-to-learning-by-force-and-harshness-but-direct/)

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> [“Rather I think that a man who ... is willing ... to value learning as long as he lives, not supposing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/rather-i-think-that-a-man-who-is-willing-to-value-learning-as-long-as/)

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> [Poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets who also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/poets-do-not-compose-their-poems-with-knowledge-but-by-some-inborn/)

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> [He who is learning and learning and doesn't apply what he knows is like the one who is plowing and plowing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/he-who-is-learning-and-learning-and-doesn-t-apply-what-he-knows-is/)

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> [Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/those-who-have-knowledge-are-more-confident-than-those-who-have-no/)

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> [“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/bodily-exercise-when-compulsory-does-no-harm-to-the-body-but/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“He was a wise man who invented God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/he-was-a-wise-man-who-invented-god/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [Geometry existed before creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/geometry-existed-before-creation/)

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> [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/)

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