Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. In Athens, Plato founded the Academy, a philosophical school where he taught the philosophical doctrines that would later became known as Platonism. [Українська] [Русский]
Plato Quotes
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
—Plato
Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom.
—Plato
Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
—Plato
As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
—Plato
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
—Plato
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find way around the laws.
—Plato
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.
—Plato
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods!
—Plato
Wealth, and poverty; one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.
—Plato
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
—Plato
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
—Plato
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
—Plato
The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
—Plato
Be kind.
Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.
—Plato
When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.
—Plato
There is truth in wine and children.
—Plato
How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?
—Plato
To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.
—Plato
According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.
—Plato
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
—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
We become what we contemplate.
—Plato
I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
—Plato
Even the gods love jokes.
—Plato
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men.
—Plato
Man is a two-legged animal without feathers.
—Plato
The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.
—Plato
Who are the true philosophers? Those whose passion is to see the truth.
—Plato
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
—Plato
Virtue is a kind of health, beauty and good habit of the soul.
—Plato