Plato Quotes
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Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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The bees can abide no drones amongst them; but as soon as they begin to be idle, they kill them.
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The only thing worse than suffering an injustice is committing an injustice.
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The only real ill-doing is the deprivation of knowledge.
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Necessity is literally the mother of invention.
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The wisest have the most authority.
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If you are willing to reflect on the courage and moderation of other people, you will find them strange.
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And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine.
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A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods.
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Science is nothing but perception.
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Even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route.
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Sin is disease, deformity, and weakness.
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An old man is twice a child, and so is a drunken man.
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Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.
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If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.
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The best stomachs are not those which reject all foods.
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The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
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Observe that open loves are held to be more honourable than secret ones, and that the love of the noblest and highest, even if their persons are less beautiful than others, is especially honourable.
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Experience proves that anyone who has studied geometry is infinitely quicker to grasp difficult subjects than one who has not.
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... the community suffers nothing very terrible if its cobblers are bad and become degenerate and pretentious; but if the Guardians of its laws and constitution, who alone have the opportunity to bring it good government and prosperity, become a mere sham, then clearly it is completely ruined.
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Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
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If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
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To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.