Plato Quotes
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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.
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You can't do good if you don't feel good.
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Every unjust man is unjust against his will.
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Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.
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Those who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men.
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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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If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful.
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And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and constant and all-absorbing aim, to exceed, if possible, not only us but all your ancestors in virtue; and know that to excel you in virtue only brings us shame, but that to be excelled by you is a source of happiness to us.
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... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.
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Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.
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Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
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And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a sound system of education you produce citizens of good character, and citizens of sound character, with the advantage of a good education, produce in turn children better than themselves and better able to produce still better children in their turn, as can be seen with animals.
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Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.
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When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.
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The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.
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Love is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation.
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What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.
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There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and rulers really And truly become philosophers.
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I fear this is not the right exchange to attain virtue, to exchange pleasures for pleasures, pains for pains and fears for fears, the greater for the less like coins, but that the only valid currency for which all these things should be exchanged is wisdom.
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Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble.
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It is through geometry that one purifies the eye of the soul.
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The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not.