The good is the beautiful. Plato More Quotes by Plato More Quotes From Plato Democracy passes into despotism. Plato philosophicalgovernmentplato If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals. Plato philosophicalifs I would fain grow old learning many things. Plato grows The power to learn is present in everyone's soul, and the instrument with which each learns is like an eye that cannot be turned around from darkness to light without turning the whole body. Plato lighteyedarkness He whom Love touches not walks in darkness. Plato darknessinspirationallove 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 greatnessplatolove The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks lamely through life and returns good for nothing to the world below. Plato soulperfectmen Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue. Plato virtuepraisemen Many men are loved by their enemies, and hated by their friends, and are the friends of their enemies, and the enemies of their friends. Plato lovemenenemy Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light. Plato eyedarkmen The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things. Plato educationinspirationallove Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . . For this is the way of happiness. Plato lifemeanway Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and philosophy entirely coincide, while the many natures who at present pursue either one exclusively are forcibly prevented from doing so, cities will have no rest from evils,... nor, I think, will the human race. Plato kingsmenphilosophy Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk. Plato drunkmenchildren The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has in fact been followed throughout, the principle of one man one job, of minding one s own business , in the sense of doing the job for which one is naturally fitted and not interfering with other people. Plato disciplinejobsmen Man was not made for himself alone Plato mademen Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit. Plato dreamsuccesslong The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable. Plato perfectioneducationgiving The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless. Plato blamelessblamegod . . . you did not seem to me over-fond of money. And this is the way in general with those who have not made it themselves, while those who have are twice as fond of it as anyone else. For just as poets are fond of their own poems, and fathers of their own children, so money-makers become devoted to money, not only because, like other people, they find it useful, but because it's their own creation. Plato moneyfatherchildren
