Plato quotes

“The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.”

— Plato

“Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.”

— Plato

“The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.”

— Plato

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

— Plato

“We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue. ”

— Plato

“The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.”

— Plato

“Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.”

— Plato

“To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.”

— Plato

“It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.”

— Plato

“Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.”

— Plato

“There is no harm in repeating a good thing.”

— Plato