All Plato Quotes
- The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the… Excellent
- But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs swifter than death.… Abide
- Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to… Age
- The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage. Athlete
- Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul Complacent
- Be kind, for everyone is having a hard battle. Battle
- Not by force shall the children learn, but through play Children
- We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know, rather than… Believe
- A work well begun is half-ended. Begun
- Books are immortal sons deifying their sires. Book
- Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul. Amusement
- Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the… All
- That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of… Apprehended
- The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets. All
- Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger. Advantage
- The God of Love lives in a state of need. God
- It is through geometry that one purifies the eye of the soul. Eye
- Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly. Better
- There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil. Among
- The man who arrives at the doors of artistic creation with none of the madness of the Muses would be convinced that technical ability alone… Ability