158 Quotes By Plato


For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.
Plato on education

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
Plato on equality

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
Plato on equality

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
Plato on faith

Courage is knowing what not to fear.
Plato on fear

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
Plato on fear

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
Plato on fear

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
Plato on fear

Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.
Plato on fitness

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
Plato on food

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
Plato on future

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
Plato on god

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
Plato on god

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
Plato on god

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Plato on good

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
Plato on good

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
Plato on good

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
Plato on good

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
Plato on good

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
Plato on good