Plato Quotes

286 Plato quotes by 150 unique authors

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. — Plato
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they… — Plato
Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be? Perhaps we could hardly find a better than that which… — Plato
They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases. — Plato
Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences. — Plato
Attention to health is life greatest hindrance. — Plato
They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. — Plato
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done… — Plato
Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. — Plato
Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. — Plato
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. — Plato
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without… — Plato
There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good. — Plato
All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with… — Plato
In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we… — Plato
For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a fortune value their… — Plato
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters. — Plato
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. — Plato
Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. — Plato
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to… — Plato
The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at… — Plato
Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty. — Plato
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. — Plato
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern. — Plato
Let nobody speak mischief of anybody. — Plato

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