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 Plato Quotes
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“There is truth in wine and children” 
― Plato
“No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.” 
― Plato
“Ideas are the source of all things” 
― Plato
“No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself” 
― Plato
“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.” 
― Plato
“The first and best victory is to conquer self” 
― Plato
“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder” 
― 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
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” 
― Plato
“Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”  ― Plato
“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.” 
― Plato
“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. ” 
― Plato
“Necessity is the mother of invention.” 
― Plato
“good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws” 
― Plato
“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” 
― Plato
“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” 
― Plato
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” 
― Plato
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” 
― Plato
“Love is a serious mental disease.” 
― Plato
“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.” 
― Plato
“Character is simply habit long continued.” 
― Plato
“You should not honor men more than truth.” 
― Plato
“Death is not the worst that can happen to men.” 
― Plato
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” 
― Plato
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” 
― Plato
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination
and life to everything.” 
― Plato
“True friendship can exist only between equals.” 
― Plato
Nationality: Greek
Born:  Classical Athens
Died: Classical Athens 
Known For: Philosopher and Mathematician.