A written discourse on any subject is bound to contain much that is fanciful. Plato More Quotes by Plato More Quotes From Plato When you admonish a wrongdoer, do so gently, that it may not lead to hostility. Plato admonishhostilitymay The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles. Plato richescommunityprinciples The judge should not be young, he should have learned to know evil, not from his own soul, but from late and long observation of the nature of evil in others. Plato should-haveevillong The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul. Let no one persuade you to cure the head until he has first given you his soul to be cured, for this is the great error of our day, that physicians first separate the soul from the body. Plato physicianserrorssoul The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. Plato good-manpoliticalmen I prefer nothing, unless it is true. Plato A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality. Plato artistgivingreality True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they will not stay long. They run away from a man's mind, so they are not worth much until you tether them by working out the reason. Once they are tied down, they become knowledge, and are stable. Plato runningmenlong The seen is the changing, the unseen is the unchanging. Plato unchangingcyclesunseen The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things. Plato passionessentialsinspirational That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed. Plato guardianridiculouscare According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves. Plato greekhalftwo No one can escape his destiny. Plato destiny Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class. Plato constructionclassdepression The wisest have the most authority. Plato platochristianwise We obtain better knowledge of a person during one hour's play and games than by conversing with him for a whole year Plato gamesplayyears A State would be happy where philosophers were kings, or kings philosophers. Plato philosopherkingswould-be The prisoner grows to love his chains. Plato prisonerchainsgrows To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed. Plato philosophicalhastesuffering The human race will have no respite from evils until those who are really philosophers acquire political power or until, through some divine dispensation, those who rule and have political authority in the cities become real philosophers. Plato realcitiesrace
