Quotes By 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.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

He was a wise man who invented beer.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

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.

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

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

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

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

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

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

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

Love is a serious mental disease.

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.

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.

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

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.