He was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. – Plato
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable. – Plato
Necessity is the mother of invention. – Plato
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. – Plato
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. – Plato
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. – Plato
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. – Plato
An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers. – Plato
When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them. – Plato
The measure of a man is what he does with power. – 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
Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. – Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. – Plato
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. – Plato
Let each one of us leave every other kind of knowledge and seek and follow one thing only, if peradventure he may be able to learn and find some one who will make him able to learn and discern between good and evil, and so to choose always and everywhere the better life as he has opportunity. – Plato
To be curious about that which is not one’s concern while still in ignorance of oneself is absurd. – Plato
Only the dead have seen the end of war. – Plato
Love is a serious mental disease. – Plato
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. – Plato
The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. – Plato
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