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Plato Quotes - Page 6

Greek - Philosopher 427 BC - 347 BC

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

Meaning, Must

Philosophy begins in wonder. Plato

Philosophy, Wonder, Begins

I would fain grow old learning many things. Plato

Learning, Grow, Old

One man cannot practice many arts with success. Plato

Success, Man, Practice

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

Home, Good, Lie

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

Slavery, Liberty, Seems

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. Plato

Change, Seasons, Direction

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. Plato

Death, Fear, Good

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern. Plato

Teach, Well, Govern

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

Man, Never, Happening

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

God, Wise, Fly

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good. Plato

Good, Always, Something

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

Happiness, Greatest, Class

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils. Plato

Soul, World, Injustice

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

Death, Last, Up

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

Power, Wish, Little

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

Said, May, Benefit

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

Service, Man, Gods

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