Plato was a philosopher during the 5th century BCE. He was a student of Socrates and later taught Aristotle. He founded the Academy, an academic program which many consider to be the first Western university. Plato wrote many philosophical texts—at least 25. He dedicated his life to learning and teaching and is hailed as one of the founders of Western philosophy. Here we have a list of Plato Quotes
Plato Quotes on Love
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Plato
Love is a serious mental disease.
Plato
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
Plato
No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
Plato
Plato Quotes on Knowledge
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Plato
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
Plato
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
Plato
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
Plato
Knowledge is true opinion
Plato
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Plato
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
Plato
Philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
Plato
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
Plato
Courage Quotes by Plato
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
Plato
Courage is a kind of salvation
Plato
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Famous Quotes of Plato
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
Plato
Life must be lived as play.
Plato
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Plato
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
Plato
Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
Plato
Democracy passes into despotism.
Plato
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
Plato
Attention to health is life’s greatest hindrance.
Plato
Science is nothing but perception.
Plato
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
Plato
Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
Plato
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
Plato
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
Plato
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
Plato
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
Plato
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
Plato
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.
Plato
Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.
Plato
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
Plato
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato
There is no harm in repeating a good thing.
Plato
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
Plato
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.
Plato
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.
Plato
Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
Plato
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Plato