Quotes by Plato Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. Plato excellence plato perfection The wisest have the most authority. Plato plato christian wise Democracy passes into despotism. Plato philosophical government plato Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others. Plato greatness plato love 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. Plato plato cities war Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be? Perhaps we could hardly find a better than that which the experience of the past has already discovered, which consists, I believe, in gymnastic, for the body, and music for the mind. Plato music plato education For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not to himself. Nor does beauty and strength of body, when dwelling in a base and cowardly man, appear comely, but the reverse of comely, making the possessor more conspicuous, and manifesting forth his cowardice. Plato plato dwelling men Most people do not understand until old age what Plato tells them when they are young. Plutarch plato age people A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction. Plato excess laughter plato 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 combat conflict plato Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to men, then the use of such medicines should be restricted to physicians; private individuals have no business with them. Plato plato men lying And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves, then he will gaze upon the light of the moon and the stars and the spangled heaven...Last of all he will be able to see the sun. Plato stars plato men No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern. Plato teach plato want Plato used to say to Xenocrates the philosopher, who was rough and morose, "Good Xenocrates, sacrifice to the Graces. Plutarch sacrifice plato grace No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory. Plato plato men memories The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best. Plato plato cities thinking These, then, will be some of the features of democracy... it will be, in all likelihood, an agreeable, lawless, parti-colored commonwealth, dealing with all alike on a footing of equality, whether they be really equal or not. Plato equal democracy plato And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. Plato philosophical plato food No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated. Plato intelligent plato men The honour of parents is a fair and noble treasure to their posterity, but to have the use of a treasure of wealth and honour, and to leave none to your successors, because you have neither money nor reputation of your own, is alike base and dishonourable. Plato noble parent plato «910111213141516171819»