Plato Quotes - Page 6

Greek - Philosopher 427 BC - 347 BC

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

Knowledge, More, Ill

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

Help, Her, Would

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

Knowledge, Which, Compulsion

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise. Plato

Away, Like, Holy

Philosophy is the highest music. Plato

Music, Philosophy, Highest

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals. Plato

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

Lovers, Oath, Thing

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery. Plato

Liberty, Excess, Pass

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

Process, Learn, Call

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

Wish, Same, Steals

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child. Plato

Old, Only, Also

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

May, Author, Wrongly

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class. Plato

Happiness, Construction

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways. Plato

Never, Ways, Legislate

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state. Plato

May, Abroad, Allowed

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles. Plato

Always, Nor, Which

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality. Plato

Nature, Injustice, More

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