Men Quotes by Plato

In an honest man there is always something of a child.

— Plato

Every man is a poet when he is in love.

— Plato

The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

— Plato

As the government is, such will be the man.

— Plato

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

— Plato

The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.

— Plato

No man should be angry with what is true.

— Plato

You should not honor men more than truth.

— Plato

If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful.

— Plato

He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable…

— Plato

The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful.

— Plato

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse…

— Plato

I am about to die, and that is the hour in which men are gifted with prophetic power.

— Plato

No man's nature is able to know what is best for the social state of man; or, knowing, always able to do…

— Plato

Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city.

— Plato

No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated.

— Plato

...that in our state one man was to do one job, and the job he was naturally most suited for .. And…

— Plato

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear…

— Plato

... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or…

— Plato

For every man who has learned to fight in arms will desire to learn the proper arrangement of an army, which is…

— Plato

The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument…

— Plato

He who is only an athlete is too crude, too vulgar, too much a savage. He who is a scholar only is…

— Plato

Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as…

— Plato

Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling,…

— Plato

And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will…

— Plato

We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past…

— Plato

For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to…

— Plato

Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until…

— Plato

What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character…

— Plato

And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean…

— Plato

“Love is of something, and that which love desires is not that which love is or has; for no man desires that…

— Plato

For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of…

— Plato

Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several…

— Plato

Vision, in my view, is the cause of the greatest benefit to us, inasmuch as none of the accounts now given concerning…

— Plato

Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two…

— Plato

In heaven there is laid up a pattern which he who chooses may behold, and beholding, set his own house in order.…

— Plato

Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and…

— Plato

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

— Plato

All men, well interrogated, answer well.

— Plato

The wisdom of men is worth little or nothing.

— Plato