Top 25 Plato Quotes

Here we have put together a list of the 25 best quotes by 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.

Top 25 Plato Quotes and Sayings

25

Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.

― Plato


24

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

― Plato


23

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

― Plato


22

I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.

― Plato


21

There is truth in wine and children.

― Plato


20

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

― Plato


19

Those who tell the stories rule society.

― Plato


18

Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.

― Plato


17

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

― Plato


16

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

― Plato


15

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

― Plato


14

Love is a serious mental disease.

― Plato


13

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

― Plato


12

Never discourage anyone... who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.

― Plato


11

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

― Plato


10

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

― Plato


9

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

― Plato


8

Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.

― Plato


7

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


6

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

― Plato


5

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

― Plato


4

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

― Plato


3

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

― Plato


2

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


1

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

― Plato


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