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.'

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. Plato
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery. Plato
Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike. Plato
The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. Plato
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. Plato
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. Plato
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns. Plato
The part can never be well unless the whole is well. Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. Plato
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity. Plato
Do not train boys to learning by force and harshness, but lead them by what amuses them, so that they may better discover the bent of their minds. 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
Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the innermost soul and take strongest hold upon it Plato
I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning. Plato
Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education. Plato
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Plato
If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. Plato
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. Plato
The soul of man is immortal and imperishable. Plato
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. Plato
The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. Plato
The part can never be well unless the whole is well. Plato
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. Plato
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. Plato
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. Plato
Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice. Plato
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. Plato
The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not. Plato
To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it. Plato