Quotes By Plato

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.

Love is a serious mental disease.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

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

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

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 affecting the most important political institutions.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.