50 Plato Quotes
- “The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.” Plato
- “Thinking – the talking of the soul with itself.” Plato
- “Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.” Plato
- “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Plato
- “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by inferiors.” Plato
- “Every heart sings a song, incomplete until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. ” Plato
- “Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.” Plato
- “Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.” Plato
- “Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” Plato
- “Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.” Plato
- “Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.” Plato
- “An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.” Plato
- “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.” Plato
- “Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.” Plato
- “Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.” Plato
- “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.” Plato
- “A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.” Plato
- “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” Plato
- “I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.” Plato
- “A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.” Plato
- “There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.” Plato
- “Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” Plato
- “The one who learns and learns and doesn’t practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.”Plato
- “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” Plato
- “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.” Plato
- “There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.” Plato
- “The excessive increase in anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.” Plato
- “Excellent things are rare.” Plato
- “Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.” Plato
- “The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.” Plato
- “The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.” Plato
- “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” Plato
- “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” Plato
- “If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” Plato
- “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” Plato
- “Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act ‘rightly’ because we are ‘excellent’, in fact, we achieve ‘excellence’ by acting ‘rightly.’” Plato
- “Courage is knowing what not to fear.” Plato
- “Courage is a kind of salvation.” Plato
- “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.” Plato
- “Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.” Plato
- “If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.” Plato
- “And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.” Plato
- “Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul.” Plato
- “Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.” Plato
- “We are twice armed if we fight with faith.” Plato
- “Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.” Plato
- “False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” Plato
- “He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.” Plato
- “The measure of a man is what he does with power.” Plato
- “Time is the moving image of Eternity.” Plato