Plato Quotes

...and when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...

Those who tell the stories rule society.

There is truth in wine and children

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

Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.

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

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

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

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.

You should not honor men more than truth.

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

Nothing taught by force stays in the soul.

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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