Plato Quotes

286 Plato quotes by 150 unique authors

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth. — Plato
No human thing is of serious importance. — Plato
Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him? — Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. — Plato
But tell me, this physician of whom you were just speaking, is he a moneymaker, an earner of fees, or a healer of the sick? — Plato
And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves, then… — Plato
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet… — Plato
The tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price. — Plato
When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. — Plato
Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to… — Plato
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered… — Plato
Thus rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong ... And so the… — Plato
Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this… — Plato
And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and… — Plato
And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are… — Plato
When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one. — Plato
Only the dead have seen the end of war. — Plato
And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives… — Plato
The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though… — Plato
Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it. — Plato
God is not the author of all things, but of good only. — Plato
For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not… — Plato
The honour of parents is a fair and noble treasure to their posterity, but to have the use of a treasure of wealth and honour,… — Plato
A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction. — Plato
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. — Plato

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