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
Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails. Plato
Man Animal Nails Feet Flat Two
No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return. Plato
Love No-One Return Does His Friend Who
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power. Plato
Power Wish Steals He Same Little Much Less Who
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters. Plato
Men States Out Characters Human Grow
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal. Plato
Knowledge Ignorance Learning Too Much Evil Too Extreme Entire More Terrible Cleverness Greatest Accompanied Being Far Much Ill Fatal
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern. Plato
No-One Well Govern Governs Wants Teach Teaches Who Ever
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. Plato
Great Ignorance Learning Training Evil Bad Neither All Things Misfortune Excessive Terrible Cleverness Greater Greatest Accompanied Nor Much Things
When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure. Plato
Benefit Wrongly Said Author Conferred May Often Injure
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict. Plato
Life Great You Conflict Every Other Earthly Take Part Combat Also Greater Than Which
To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed. Plato
Too Much Speed Too Penalty Haste Which Little Much Suffer
Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child. Plato
Time Man Old Only Also Drunkard Becomes Child Old Man Then Second
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous. Plato
Knowledge Evil Aim Virtuous Becomes
Philosophy is the highest music. Plato
Music Philosophy Highest
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. Plato
Great Wealth Well Well Known Known Comforter
It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other. Plato
Soul World Events Other Everyone Astronomy Draws Clear Look Upwards Compels Things
The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not. Plato
You Injustice Highest Reach Just Deemed
A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants. Plato
Needs State Out No-One Arises Conceive Wants Mankind Us Many
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand. Plato
Great Wise Poets Understand Which Themselves Utter Things
Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man. Plato
Truth Good Man Truth Is Beginning Every Gods
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. Plato
Injustice Soul World Worst Evils Having Like Go Vessel Which Full Last Below
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality. Plato
Nature Justice Injustice Equality More Only Also Than Disgraceful Custom Then Suffer
Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice. Plato
Injustice Suffering Fear Because Doing Any Afraid Which
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals. Plato
Must Meaning Universal
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