Plato's top best 30 Quotes.

Plato's top best 30 Quotes.

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher who lived from 428/427 BCE to 348/347 BCE. He was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle, and he founded the Academy in Athens, which was the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Plato is known for his philosophical dialogues, which explore a wide range of topics including ethics, politics, metaphysics, and epistemology. Some of his most famous works include "The Republic," "Symposium," "Phaedo," and "Apology." Plato's ideas have had a profound influence on Western philosophy and continue to be studied and debated by scholars today.

"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."

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

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."

"Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil."

"Courage is knowing what not to fear."

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

"We can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."

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

"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself."

"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

"He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it."

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

"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself."

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

"Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens."

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

"The soul of man is immortal and imperishable."

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

"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity."

"All learning has an emotional base."

"Ideas are the source of all things."

"The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful."

"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."

"An unexamined life is not worth living."

"The punishment suffered by the wise who refuse to take part in government is to live under the government of bad men."

"Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."

"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

"The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery."

"Philosophy is the highest music."

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