Plato Quotes - Page 2

Greek - Philosopher 427 BC - 347 BC

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. - Plato

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. Plato

Dishonesty, Most, Honesty

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are. - Plato

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are. Plato

Because, City, Our

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding. - Plato

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding. Plato

Law, Than, Understanding

Courage is knowing what not to fear. - Plato

Courage is knowing what not to fear. Plato

Courage, Knowing, Fear

Man - a being in search of meaning. - Plato

Man - a being in search of meaning. Plato

Search, Meaning, Man

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. - Plato

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. Plato

Gold, Which, Give

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

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

Education, Which, His

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands. Plato

Till, Hands, Political

We are twice armed if we fight with faith. - Plato

We are twice armed if we fight with faith. Plato

Faith, Twice, Armed

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery. Plato

Most, Important, Education

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. - Plato

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. Plato

Graduation, Education, Good

Necessity... the mother of invention. - Plato

Necessity... the mother of invention. Plato

Mother, Necessity, Invention

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. - Plato

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. Plato

Courage is a kind of salvation. - Plato

Courage is a kind of salvation. Plato

Courage, Salvation, Kind

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

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

Beautiful, Love, Educated

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. Plato

Larger, Builders, Lesser

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

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

Measure, Measure Of A Man

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. - Plato

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. Plato

World, Soul, Leads

Philosophy begins in wonder. - Plato

Philosophy begins in wonder. Plato

Begins, Wonder, Philosophy

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

Equality, Sort, Democracy

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. - Plato

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. Plato

Minds, Art, Ruling

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. - Plato

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. Plato

Anxiety, Nothing, Men

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

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

Wise, Love, Amazement

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. Plato

Reaction, Causes, Excessive

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. Plato

Living, Very, Other

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. Plato

Knowledge, Most, Which

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