Quotes by Plato
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
- Plato
When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.
- Plato
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
- Plato
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future.
- Plato
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
- Plato
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
- Plato
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
- Plato
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
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
- Plato
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
- Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
- Plato
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Plato
An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
- Plato
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
- Plato
He was a wise man who invented God.
- Plato
Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
- Plato
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
- Plato
Character is simply habit long continued.
- Plato
Truth should be highly valued.
- Plato
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
- Plato