Plato Quotes
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He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing.
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Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.
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Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.
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I know nothing more worthy of a man's ambition than that his son be the best of men.
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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
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What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.
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When two friends are in the mood to chat, we have to go about it in a gentler and more dialectical way. By 'more dialectical,' I mean not only that we give real responses, but that we base our responses solely on what the interlocutor admits that he himself knows.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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God is truth and light his shadow.
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Maximize the power of the beliefs that strengthen you and neutralize those that weaken you.
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There is yet something remaining for the dead, and some far better thing for the good than for the evil.
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The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet.
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Great parts produce great vices as well as virtues.
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Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
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Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from the first a partaker of truth, for then he can be trusted.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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We ought to live sacrificing, and singing, and dancing.
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Equals, the proverb goes, delight in equals.
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You must base the Wisdom on Love.
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In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles? are you still capable of it? to which he replied, Hush! if you please: to my great delight I have escaped from it, and feel as if I had escaped from a frantic and savage master. I thought then, as I do now, that he spoke wisely. For unquestionably old age brings us profound repose and freedom from this and other passions.
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A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.