Plato Quotes
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Mathematics is the language in which the gods talk to people.
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The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has in fact been followed throughout, the principle of one man one job, of minding one s own business , in the sense of doing the job for which one is naturally fitted and not interfering with other people.
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts.
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Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul.
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All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.
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The physician, to the extent he is a physician, considers only the good of the patient in what he prescribes, and his own not at all.
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Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?
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Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state.
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Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them.
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Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.
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There is a ... matter - much more valuable and divine than natural philosophy . ... On this matter I must speak to you in enigmas.
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Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
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To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
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It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.
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When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.
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The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless.
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It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant cannot become a praiseworthy master; and it is meet that we should plume ourselves rather on acting the part of a servant properly than that of the master, first, towards the laws, (for in this way we are servants of the gods), and next, towards our elders.
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To begin with the wine jar in learning the potter's art.
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It is through geometry that one purifies the eye of the soul.
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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.
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Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned than before.
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If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful.
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... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.