30 Of The Most Profound Things Plato Ever Said

Oct 13, 2018 by apost team

Plato was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. He has founded what we know to be Western Philosophy. It's not an overstatement to say that he is perhaps one of the most brilliant minds in all of history.

We've collected 30 of our favorite quotes from this incredible philosopher. You can read them below:

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

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

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

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

"No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding."

"Justice means minding one’s own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns."

"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers."

"Knowledge is true opinion."

"All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one workman."

"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."

"Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty."

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

"Ignorance, the root and steam of all evil."

"There is no harm in repeating a good thing."

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

"Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."

"Thinking – the talking of the soul with itself."

"Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another."

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

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."

"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."

"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance."

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

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

"Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences."

"Only the dead have seen the end of the war."

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

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something."

"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile."

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."

Which quote do you relate to most? Which do you think is most important for our society to remember? Let us know in the comments and pass this article along to your friends and family!