Quotes by Plato
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
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.
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.
We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
The good is the beautiful.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
Philosophy begins in wonder.
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
