Plato Quotes
Classical Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens
(c. 427 BC - c. 347 BC)
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...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded...
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A boy is, of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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A friend ought always to do good to a friend and never evil
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A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
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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.
[Accomplished]
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A kiss, and touch of lips; not strange my Soul should cling - Strive to cross, weep to turn, and starve with me poor thing
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A man left gold; another took it; left a noose, So the first hanged himself; having but life to lose
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A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
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Abstinence is the surety of temperance
[Abstinence]
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All learning has an emotional base.
[Education]
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All loves should be simply stepping-stones to the love of God. So it was with me; and blessed be his name for his great goodness and mercy.
[Love]
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All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
[Equality]
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All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
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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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And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and they, too, go their ways condemned by the truth to suffer the penalty of villainy and wrong; and I must abide by my award - let them abide by theirs.
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And the only life which looks down upon the life of political ambition is that of true philosophy. Do you know of any other?
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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
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And yet the true creator is necessity, which is the mother of invention.
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Any city however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich. These are at war with one another.
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