Plato Quotes
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Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
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τὸν μὲν οὖν ποιητὴν καὶ πατέρα τοῦδε τοῦ παντὸς εὑρεῖν τε ἔργον καὶ εὑρόντα εἰς πάντας ἀδύνατον λέγειν
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'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'
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Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.
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Excellent things are rare.
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All soul is immortal. For that which is always in movement is immortal; that which moves something else, and is moved by something else, in ceasing from movement ceases from living. So only that which moves itself, because it does not abandon itself, never stops moving. But it is also source and first principle of movement for the other things which move.
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Arguments, like men, are often pretenders.
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They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.
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It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.
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It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.
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To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
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The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge.
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Pleasure is the bait of sin.
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Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
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Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.
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Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and philosophy entirely coincide, while the many natures who at present pursue either one exclusively are forcibly prevented from doing so, cities will have no rest from evils,... nor, I think, will the human race.
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...the Gods too love a joke.
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I would fain grow old learning many things.
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In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.
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Integrity is your destiny-it is the light that guides your way.
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τοῖς μὲν οὖν τότε, ἅτε οὐκ οὖσι σοφοῖς ὥσπερ ὑμεῖς οἱ νέοι, ἀπέχρη δρυὸς καὶ πέτρας ἀκούειν ὑπ᾽ εὐηθείας, εἰ μόνον ἀληθῆ λέγοιεν: σοὶ δ᾽ ἴσως διαφέρει τίς ὁ λέγων καὶ ποδαπός.
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
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Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement.