Plato Quotes to Freshen Up your Philosophy on Life

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

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

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.

The good is the beautiful.

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

He was a wise man who invented beer.

It is right to give every man his due.

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

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

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

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

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

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

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.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.