Plato Quotes

The beginning is the most important part of the work

The unexamined life is not worth living

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

Courage is knowing what not to fear

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance

Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men's concerns

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

Necessity is the mother of invention

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous

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

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

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

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet

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

No human thing is of serious importance