Plato
Plato
Platowas a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition. Unlike nearly all of his philosophical contemporaries, Plato's entire œuvre is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
men giving perfect
The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life.
death men worst
Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
believe ill men
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
among born found hundred man men might thousand
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.
afraid child easily forgive greek-philosopher life men tragedy
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.
communication fools men speak wise
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
ignorance past men
We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most.
men cities tree
Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city.
men water-of-life doctrine
A man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible human doctrine and the hardest to disprove, and to ride on this like a raft over the waters of life.
plato men intelligent
No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated.
plato men evil
The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man.
men tolerable
The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.
character men evil
For the man who makes everything that leads to happiness, or near to it, to depend upon himself, and not upon other men, on whose good or evil actions his own doings are compelled to hinge,--such a one, I say, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation; this is the man of manly character and of wisdom.
men giving honor
For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them