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Biography : Greek philosopher (Approximate years of birth and death).
Born: -428 - Died: -348
Period:
4th century BC
5th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Greece

Plato - Quotes

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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hero

I would fain grow old learning many things.
Plato

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

Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.
Plato

health

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
Plato

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

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.
Plato

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

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.
Plato

life

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
Plato

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
Plato

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.
Plato

life

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

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

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

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.
Plato

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
Plato

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Plato

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

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
Plato

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
Plato

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

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.
Plato

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
Plato

We do not learn and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
Plato

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

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
Plato

life

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Plato

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

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
Plato

wealth

Plato - Quotes

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