Plato Quotes - Page 6

Greek - Philosopher 427 BC - 347 BC

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly. Plato

Human Being, Human, Arts, Two, Being

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. Plato

Great, Wealth, Well, Known, Comforter

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. Plato

Men, Magical, Seems, Whatever, Produce

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. Plato

Man, Tax, Will, More, Same, Pay

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Plato

Knowledge, Mind, Hold, Compulsion, Which

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? Plato

Death, Last, Things, Up, All Things

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters. Plato

Men, Grow, Human, Out, Characters

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath. Plato

Lovers, Oath, Thing

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not. Plato

Injustice, Reach, You, Just, Deemed

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection. Plato

Learning, Process, Learn, Only, Call

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power. Plato

Power, Wish, Same, Little, Much, Who

I would fain grow old learning many things. Plato

Learning, Grow, Old, Things, Many, Would

A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants. Plato

Mankind, Us, Out, Needs, Wants, Many

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure. Plato

Said, May, Benefit, Author, Wrongly

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal. Plato

Learning, Knowledge, Ignorance, Evil

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety. Plato

Justice, Help, Her, Need, Would

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable. Plato

Service, Man, Gods, Intolerable

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