Plato
A Greek philosopher from Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy (Akademia), the first
16 quotes.
Quotes by Plato
- Better to be unborn, than untaught; for ignorance is the root of misfortune.
- Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.
- Do not, then, train boys to learning by force and harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be the better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
- He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.
- He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
- Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
- Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
- No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow.
- Plato, hearing that some asserted he was a very bad man, said, "I shall take care so to live that nobody will believe them."
- The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
- The first and the best victory is to conquer self.
- The measure of a man is what he does with power.
- The punishment suffered by the wise who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of bad men.
- To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous.
- 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.
- Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.