Plato Quotes

Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.

A house that has a library in it has a soul.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

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

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

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder

Character is simply habit long continued.

You're my star, a stargazer too,
and I wish that I were heaven,
with a billion eyes to look at you.

Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.

"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".

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.