Plato Quotes
To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
By : Plato
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
By : Plato
To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.
By : Plato
The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.
By : Plato
The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
By : Plato
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
By : Plato
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
By : Plato
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
By : Plato
The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad
By : Plato
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
By : Plato
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
By : Plato
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, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
By : Plato
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
By : Plato