--- title: "18 Ought Quotes By Plato" description: "18 Ought quotes by Plato. Plus more from Plato and more Ought sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/plato-103_affair_the-affairs-of-music-ought-somehow-to-te_1680750.jpg" --- > [The affairs of music ought, somehow, to terminate in the love of the beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-affairs-of-music-ought-somehow-to-terminate-in-the-love-of-the/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/plato-103_affair_the-affairs-of-music-ought-somehow-to-te_1680750.jpg) > [They ought to be gentle to their friends and dangerous to their enemies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/they-ought-to-be-gentle-to-their-friends-and-dangerous-to-their/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/plato-103_dangerous_they-ought-to-be-gentle-to-their-friends_3169458.jpg) > [We ought to live sacrificing, and singing, and dancing...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-ought-to-live-sacrificing-and-singing-and-dancing/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/plato-103_dance_we-ought-to-live-sacrificing-and-singing_2885097.jpg) > [It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/it-is-not-noble-to-return-evil-for-evil-at-no-time-ought-we-to-do-an/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/plato-103_evil_it-is-not-noble-to-return-evil-for-evil_2797402.jpg) > [You ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/you-ought-not-attempt-to-cure-the-eyes-without-the-head-or-the-head/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/plato-103_body_you-ought-not-attempt-to-cure-the-eyes-w_2468447.jpg) > [You ought not to heal the body without the soul, for this is the great error of our day in treating the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/you-ought-not-to-heal-the-body-without-the-soul-for-this-is-the-great/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/plato-103_body_you-ought-not-to-heal-the-body-without-t_3140788.jpg) > [We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-ought-to-esteem-it-of-the-greatest-importance-that-the-fictions/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/plato-103_adapted_we-ought-to-esteem-it-of-the-greatest-im_2277897.jpg) > [The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-rulers-of-the-state-are-the-only-persons-who-ought-to-have-the/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/plato-103_home_the-rulers-of-the-state-are-the-only-per_1671767.jpg) > [For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-the-rhapsode-ought-to-interpret-the-mind-of-the-poet-to-his/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/plato-103_knows_for-the-rhapsode-ought-to-interpret-the_2239122.jpg) > [Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/nothing-is-more-unworthy-of-a-wise-man-or-ought-to-trouble-him-more/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/plato-103_deserve_nothing-is-more-unworthy-of-a-wise-man-o_2589073.jpg) > [No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/no-trace-of-slavery-ought-to-mix-with-the-studies-of-the-freeborn-man/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/plato-103_compulsion_no-trace-of-slavery-ought-to-mix-with-th_1643934.jpg) > [A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/a-man-who-is-good-for-anything-ought-not-to-calculate-the-chance-of/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/plato-103_acting_a-man-who-is-good-for-anything-ought-not_353386.jpg) > [We must now examine whether just people also live better and are happier than unjust ones. I think it's clear already that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-must-now-examine-whether-just-people-also-live-better-and-are/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/plato-103_argument_we-must-now-examine-whether-just-people_779495.jpg) > [“But that we shall be better and braver and less helpless if we think that we ought to enquire, than we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/but-that-we-shall-be-better-and-braver-and-less-helpless-if-we-think/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/plato-103_courage_but-that-we-shall-be-better-and-braver-a_1040775.jpg) > [You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/you-are-mistaken-my-friend-if-you-think-that-a-man-who-is-worth/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/plato-103_acting_you-are-mistaken-my-friend-if-you-think_163262.jpg) > [I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-was-stupid-enough-to-think-that-we-ought-to-speak-the-truth-about/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/plato-103_beautiful_i-was-stupid-enough-to-think-that-we-oug_1745932.jpg) > [A person who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he or she ought only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/a-person-who-is-good-for-anything-ought-not-to-calculate-the-chance/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/plato-103_acting_a-person-who-is-good-for-anything-ought_2950664.jpg) > [The cause of all the blunders committed by man arises from this excessive self-love. For the lover is blinded by the object…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-cause-of-all-the-blunders-committed-by-man-arises-from-this/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/plato-103_arise_the-cause-of-all-the-blunders-committed_1642064.jpg) ## Other authors on Ought ## 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/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [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/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [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/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [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/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“He was a wise man who invented God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/he-was-a-wise-man-who-invented-god/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [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/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“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/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Geometry existed before creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/geometry-existed-before-creation/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [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/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ought/plato/#itemlist", "name": 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