We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light? — Plato Copy Share Image
The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not. — Plato Copy Share Image
If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility. — Plato Copy Share Image
The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live. — Plato Copy Share Image
Those who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men. — Plato Copy Share Image
Such, Echecrates, was the end of our comrade, who was, we may fairly say, of all those whom we knew in our… — Plato Copy Share Image
Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling,… — Plato Copy Share Image
The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be… — Plato Copy Share Image
He who advises a sick man, whose manner of life is prejudicial to health, is clearly bound first of all to change… — 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
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer… — Plato Copy Share Image
Many men are loved by their enemies, and hated by their friends, and are the friends of their enemies, and the enemies… — Plato Copy Share Image
What is better adapted than the festive use of wine in the first place to test and in the second place to… — Plato Copy Share Image
Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals… — Plato Copy Share Image
The cause of all the blunders committed by man arises from this excessive self-love. For the lover is blinded by the object… — Plato Copy Share Image
No one punishes the evil-doer under the notion, or for the reason, that he has done wrong -- only the unreasonable fury… — Plato Copy Share Image
“If anyone comes to the gates of poetry and expects to become an adequate poet by acquiring expert knowledge of the subject… — Plato Copy Share Image
Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms… — Plato Copy Share Image
One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected… — 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
Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself… — Plato Copy Share Image
When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal on the face of the globe. — Plato Copy Share Image
He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing. — Plato Copy Share Image
Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest… — Plato Copy Share Image
Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue. — Plato Copy Share Image
No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man. — Plato Copy Share Image
The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless. — Plato Copy Share Image
Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to acknowledgment of a divine power… — Plato Copy Share Image
More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and… — Plato Copy Share Image
There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them. — Plato Copy Share Image
As there are misanthropists or haters of men, so also are there misologists, or haters of ideas. — Plato Copy Share Image
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. — 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)
