Plato Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Plato quotes, Plato sayings, and Plato proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden. Plato
Thinking is the soul talking to itself. Plato
Can we devise one of those lies—the kind which crop up as the occasion demands, which we were talking about not so long ago—so that with a single noble lie we can indoctrinate the rulers themselves, preferably, but at least the rest of the community? Plato
He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden. Plato
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. Plato
Be kind, for every man you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. Plato
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Plato
Why, a dog, when he sees a stranger, is angry; when an acquaintance he welcomes him, although the one has never done him any harm, not the other any good. Plato
Of all the animals, the boy is most unmanageable. Plato
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future. Plato
The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way. Plato
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age Plato
It is perfectly certain that the soul is immortal and imperishable, and our souls will actually exist in another world. Plato
Rhetoric is the art of persuading the minds of men. Plato
There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and rulers really And truly become philosophers Plato
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. Plato
Courage is knowing what not to fear. Plato
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato
He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity shall never want help himself in the time of adversity. Plato
Hereditary honors are a noble and splendid treasure to descendants. Plato
Everything that deceives may be said to enchant. Plato
The worst of all deceptions is self-deception. Plato
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything. Plato
Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent. Plato
Do not keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play. Plato
Thus rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong . And so the rhetorician's business is not to instruct a law court or a public meeting in matters of right and wrong, but only to make them believe. Plato
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Plato
The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics. Plato
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. Plato