Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a man to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to make it known to his fellow-men. Plato More Quotes by Plato More Quotes From Plato Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. Plato philosophicalwealthplato There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good. Plato philosophicalplato When a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment. Plato desirementwo Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery. Plato philosophicallibertylying The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. Plato educationappreciationgraduation Abstinence is the surety of temperance. Plato temperanceabstinence Even the gods love jokes. Plato funny-inspirationallaughterlove We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection. Plato recollectionphilosophicalprocess Great is the issue at stake, greater than appears, whether a man is to be good or bad. And what will any one be profited if, under the influence of money or power, he neglect justice and virtue? Plato issuesjusticemen I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency Plato efficiencyfastinggreater Is there anything worse for a state than to be split and disunited? or anything better than cohesion and unity? Plato splitsunitypolitical Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the innermost soul and take strongest hold upon it Plato musicalsoulway When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. Plato platoinspirationalmen All knowledge is but remembrance. Plato remembrance Philosophy is the highest music. Plato musicplatowisdom The proud man is forsaken of God. Plato proudpridemen He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god. Plato understandingplatomath Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst. Plato truth-isgovernmentstates Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself. Plato degreesmathnumbers Seek truth while you are young, for if you do not, it will later escape your grasp Plato ifsyoungeducation
