158 Quotes By Plato


Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
Plato on learning

We do not learn and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
Plato on learning

I would fain grow old learning many things.
Plato on learning

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
Plato on legal

Life must be lived as play.
Plato on life

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
Plato on life

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Plato on life

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 life

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
Plato on life

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

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

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
Plato on life

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
Plato on life

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.
Plato on life

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Plato on love

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

Love is a serious mental disease.
Plato on love

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
Plato on love

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
Plato on love

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
Plato on love