The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live. — Plato Copy Share Image
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. — Plato Copy Share Image
It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn. — Plato Copy Share Image
“They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE)” — Plato Copy Share Image
Justice means minding ones own business and not meddling with other mens concerns. — Plato Copy Share Image
For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from… — Plato Copy Share Image
Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to… — Plato Copy Share Image
Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . .… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It is our duty to select the best and most dependable theory that human intelligence can supply, and use it as a… — Plato Copy Share Image
For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy. — Plato Copy Share Image
“for philosophy, Socrates, if pursued in moderation and at the proper age, is an elegant accomplishment, but too much philosophy is the… — Plato Copy Share Image
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other… — Plato Copy Share Image
I do not live to play, but I play in order that I may live, and return with greater zest to the… — Plato Copy Share Image
“... when someone sees a soul disturbed and unable to see something, he won't laugh mindlessly, but he'll take into consideration whether… — Plato Copy Share Image
In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for… — Plato Copy Share Image
“If it is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, as it had no willing association with… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Do you desire to be wholly one; always day and night in one another's company? For if this is what you desire,… — Plato Copy Share Image
You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up… — Plato Copy Share Image
Take a look around, then, and see that none of the uninitiated are listening. Now by the uninitiated I mean the people… — Plato Copy Share Image
Those who are not schooled and practised in truth [who are not honest and upright men] can never manage aright the government,… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two… — Plato Copy Share Image
And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean… — Plato Copy Share Image
“This was her original state; and then, as I was saying, and as the lovers of knowledge are well aware, philosophy, seeing… — Plato Copy Share Image
A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods. — Plato Copy Share Image
A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods. — Plato Copy Share Image
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. — 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
![“Those who are not schooled and practised in truth [who are not honest and upright men] can never manage aright the government, nor yet can those who spend their lives as closet philosophers; because the former have no high purpose to guide their actions, while the latter keep aloof from public life.” quote by Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f79/plato-103_action_those-who-are-not-schooled-and-practised_1210851.jpg)
