Plato Quotes

Plato
Plato
Greek Philosopher
Died: 347 BC
Good Great Knowledge Life Man Men
Related authors: Aristotle Democritus Diogenes Epictetus Epicurus Heraclitus Plutarch Socrates
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Plato
Wise Speak Men Fools Say Something Wise Men Because
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato
Politics You Penalties Participate Governed End Up Inferiors Being Refusing Your
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. Plato
Life Music Soul Law Mind Imagination Universe Everything Moral Moral Law Charm Wings Gives Gaiety Flight
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. Plato
Feeling Philosopher Philosophy Wonder Begins
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Plato
Knowledge Behavior Three Emotion Main Sources Human Human Behavior Desire Flows
Life must be lived as play. Plato
Life Must Lived Play
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Plato
Life Dark Fear Light Men Easily Real Tragedy Child Forgive Afraid Who
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. Plato
Good People Bad People Will Good People Way Tell Bad Responsibly Find Laws Around While Them Act Need
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. Plato
Knowledge Ignorance Medium Between Opinion
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Plato
Education Music Soul Virtue Reach Sound Movement
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die. Plato
You People Wilt Dirt Like Stunt Make Person Die Either Your Help Nourish Grow Growth
Man - a being in search of meaning. Plato
Man Being Meaning Search
Courage is knowing what not to fear. Plato
Courage Fear Knowing
The measure of a man is what he does with power. Plato
Man Measure Of A Man Power He Does Measure
The beginning is the most important part of the work. Plato
Work Important Beginning Part Most Important Part The Most Important
Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. Plato
Democracy Liberty Dictatorship Tyranny Extreme Out Arises Most Form Aggravated Naturally Slavery
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. Plato
Parenting Parents Bequeath Spirit Reverence Children Riches
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. Plato
Humanity World Political Political Power Will Power Become Philosophers Philosophy States Rulers Those Kings Troubles Thus Come Call Till Truly End Itself Hands Same Really Now
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. Plato
Wise Man Wise Man Hero Men Hundred Thousand Born Accomplished Might Even Found Among
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. Plato
Wisdom Honor Men Three Classes Gain Lovers
We are twice armed if we fight with faith. Plato
Faith Fight Armed Twice
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. Plato
Heart Song Poet Wish Lover Incomplete Every Back Everyone Those Find Touch Until Sing Another Becomes Always Sings Who Every Heart
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. Plato
Honesty Honesty Is Part Most Than Dishonesty Less Profitable
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. Plato
Angry Anger Never Person Cannot Should Help Things Two
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. Plato
Injustice Made More Wretched He Than Who Ever Suffers
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. Plato
Government Democracy Equality Alike Charming Variety Sort Equals Form Disorder Full
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