Plato Quotes - Page 6

Greek - Philosopher 427 BC - 347 BC

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

Injustice, Reach, Highest

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, Needs, Conceive

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do. Plato

Virtue, Actions, Ages

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

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice. Plato

Injustice, Doing, Which

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

Service, Gods, Tolerable

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine. Plato

Soul, Vision, Unable

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

May, Author, Wrongly

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

Wish, Same, Steals

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

Knowledge, Which, Compulsion

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

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

Injustice, Having, Which

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

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

Help, Her, Would

The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out. Plato

Love, Thirst, Imbalance

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