QUOTES OF PLATO

“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” – Plato

“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.” – Plato

“Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.” – Plato

“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” – Plato

“Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.” – Plato

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.” – 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 measure of a man is what he does with power.” – Plato

“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.” – Plato

“The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men.” – Plato

“Ideas are the source of all things.” – Plato MISSING A SISTER QUOTES

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” – Plato

“He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.” – 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

“Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.” – Plato

“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” – Plato

“A good decision is based on knowledge, not on numbers.” – Plato

“We are twice armed if we fight with faith.” – Plato

“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato

“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.” – Plato

“Knowledge becomes evil if the aim is not virtuous.” – Plato

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