Should Quotes by Plato

The soul should concentrate itself by itself.

— Plato

No man should be angry with what is true.

— Plato

You should not honor men more than truth.

— Plato

Life should be lived as play.

— Plato

Friends should have all things in common.

— Plato

The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.

— Plato

That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed.

— Plato

Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.

— Plato

What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play.

— Plato

Now nothing can be more important than that the work of a soldier should be well done.

— Plato

No attempt of curing the body should be made without curing the soul

— Plato

May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me.

— Plato

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

— Plato

One should turn towards the main ocean of the-beautiful-in-the-world so that one may by, contemplation of this Form, bring forth in all…

— Plato

All loves should be simply stepping stones to the love of God. So it was with me; and blessed be his name…

— Plato

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy…

— Plato

And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he…

— Plato

...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy…

— Plato

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from…

— Plato

There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.

— Plato

The judge should not be young, he should have learned to know evil, not from his own soul, but from late and…

— Plato

If the study of all these sciences which we have enumerated, should ever bring us to their mutual association and relationship, and…

— Plato

The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the…

— Plato

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

— Plato

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

— Plato

It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant…

— Plato

For he who would proceed aright... should begin in youth to visit beautiful forms... out of that he should create fair thoughts;…

— Plato

I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the…

— Plato

The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the…

— Plato

I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure, or profit either, than talking or listening to philosophy. But when it comes…

— Plato

If there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their…

— Plato

The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second,…

— Plato

The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.

— Plato

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

— Plato

All well bred men should have mastered the art of singing and dancing.

— Plato

In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.

— Plato

Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts.

— Plato

Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire.

— Plato

No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul

— Plato

When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.

— Plato