Plato Quotes

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future. Plato
You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters. Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. Plato
He who is of 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
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
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

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.
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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily.
Plato

Never discourage anyone.....who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Plato Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
Plato

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
Plato

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Plato

Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
Plato

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
Plato

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
Plato

Friends have all things in common.
Plato

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.
Plato

Courage is a kind of salvation.
Plato

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Plato

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Plato

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
Plato

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
Plato

The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Plato

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
Plato

Life must be lived as play.
Plato

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