quotes by Plato

"every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. those who wish to sing always find a song. at the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. "
— Plato

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

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
— Plato

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
— Plato

"There is truth in wine and children"
— Plato (Symposium and Phaedrus (Dover Thrift Editions))

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle"
— Plato

"At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet."
— Plato

"Music gives soul to the universe
wings to the mind
flight to the imagination
and life to everything"
— Plato

"Read a fucking book."
— Plato (Great Dialogues of Plato)

"Be kind... For everyone you meet is fighting a great battle "
— Plato

"Those who tell the stories rule society."
— Plato

"The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings "
— Plato

"Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the laws of the State always change with them."
— Plato (Republic)

"One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
— Plato

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men afraid of the light"
— Plato

"A wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something"
— Plato

"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. "
— Plato

"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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— Plato

"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. "
— Plato

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
— Plato