Top 50 Plato Quotes (WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE)

Top 10 Most Famous Plato Quotes to Inspire You to Think Deeper About Life Philosophy (WISDOM)

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

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. — 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.

Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act rightly because we are excellent, in fact we achieve excellence by acting rightly.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. — Be **kind**, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

40 Inspirational Plato Quotes on Life, Education, Love, Politics and Justice

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind. — Reality is created by the mind, we can **change** our reality by changing our mind.

When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things.

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. — **Music** gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. — Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and **knowledge**.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. — A good decision is based on **knowledge** and not on numbers.

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. — Good **actions** give strength to ourselves and inspire good **actions** in others.

Courage is knowing what not to fear. — **Courage** is knowing what not to **fear**.

You should not honor men more than truth. — You should not honor men more than **truth**.

Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires. — Poverty doesn’t come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
Plato

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. — No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their **nature** and **education**.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. — If a man neglects **education**, he walks lame to the end of his life.

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. — The direction in which **education** starts a man will determine his **future** in life.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth. — No one is more hated than he who speaks the **truth**.

One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. — **Knowledge** without justice ought to be called cunning rather than **wisdom**.

An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. — Opinion is the medium between **knowledge** and ignorance.

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

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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. — 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.

Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature. — **Love** is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original **nature** together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings. — The madness of **love** is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. — And what, **Socrates**, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, **knowledge** is the food of the soul.

The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants. — The one who **learns** and learns and doesn’t practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.

The right question is usually more important than the right answer.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Thinking – the talking of the soul with itself.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

Plato Short Biography

Born in 428/427 BCE in Athens, Greece, Plato (believed to be originally named Aristocles) was a philosopher and founder of the Academy, the first University in the Western World.

Born into an aristocratic and influential family, little is known about Plato’s education. Records have shown though that he was a wrestler, studied poetry and gymnastics, and attended philosophy courses.

In his youth, he became a follower of Socrates.

After Socrates’ death, Plato spent 12 years traveling through Italy, Sicily, and Egypt. During this time, he studied philosophy with other philosophers.

Sometime after his travels, he founded the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in Europe. It was during this time that he wrote many of his famous dialogues.

He then became entangled in politics in the city of Syracuse and was once sold into slavery due to the betrayal of one of his disciples.

Plato has contributed greatly to the world of philosophy. He formed the Theory of Forms, a philosophical concept or world view. Plato also shed some light and gave insight into the teachings of Socrates, and had written several dialogues that are still debated to this day.

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