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Plato

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Plato (circa 428–348 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. A student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, Plato's dialogues exploring justice, beauty, equality, and knowledge have shaped Western thought for over two millennia.

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”

— Plato

War

All Quotes by Plato

“Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.”

— Plato

Wisdom

“We are twice armed if we fight with faith.”

— Plato

Faith

“There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.”

— Plato

Good

“He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.”

— Plato

Power

“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.”

— Plato

Imagination

“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”

— Plato

Good

“Science is nothing but perception.”

— Plato

Science

“States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.”

— Plato

Men

“To prefer evil to good is not in human nature and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.”

— Plato

Good

“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”

— Plato

Good

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

— Plato

Politics

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

— Plato

Men

“Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.”

— Plato

Business

“Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.”

— Plato

Death

“I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.”

— Plato

Great

“Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.”

— Plato

Great

“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.”

— Plato

Inspirational

“Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.”

— Plato

Time

“Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.”

— Plato

Parenting

“The good is the beautiful.”

— Plato

Good