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Plato was a Greek philosopher. A Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens. His quotes explore truth, justice, and knowledge, making him highly searched in philosophy topics. Their teachings on wisdom, self-awareness and the search for meaning continue to guide people seeking clarity and inner strength.

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"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself."

-- Plato

"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself."

-- Plato

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds."

-- Plato

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds."

-- Plato

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back."

-- Plato

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back."

-- Plato

"Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder."

-- Plato

"Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder."

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

"To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way."

-- Plato

"To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way."

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

"Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom."

-- Plato

"Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom."

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

"Man is a being in search of meaning."

-- Plato

"Man is a being in search of meaning."

-- 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

"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

"Love is a serious mental disease."

-- Plato

"Love is a serious mental disease."

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."

-- Plato

"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."

-- Plato

"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty."

-- Plato

"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty."

-- Plato

"Death is not the worst that can happen to men."

-- Plato

"Death is not the worst that can happen to men."

-- Plato

"Books are immortal sons deifying their sires."

-- Plato

"Books are immortal sons deifying their sires."

-- Plato

"Character is simply habit long continued."

-- Plato

"Character is simply habit long continued."

-- Plato

"Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."

-- Plato

"Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."

-- Plato

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another."

-- Plato

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another."

-- Plato

"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity."

-- Plato

"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity."

-- Plato

"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth."

-- Plato

"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth."

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

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Plato was a Greek philosopher. A Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens. His quotes explore truth, justice, and knowledge, making him highly searched in philosophy topics. Their teachings on wisdom, self-awareness and the search for meaning continue…

One of Plato's most widely shared quotes is: "Pleasure is the bait of sin.".

On wisdom, Plato said: "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.".

On philosophy, Plato said: "Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.".

Plato's quotes endure because they turn ideas about Wisdom, Philosophy, Mindset, Justice into clear, memorable language that is easy to relate to and share.

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