TOP 70+ Plato Quotes part 2 of 6 | Life and Humanity | Ancient Greek Philosopher

Plato (/ˈpleɪtoʊ/ PLAY-toe;Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn, pronounced [plá.tɔːn] in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher, writer, teacher, public speaker, and Socrates's most brilliant student. 

He was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

He is widely considered the pivotal figure in the history of Ancient Greek and Western philosophy, along with his teacher, Socrates, and his most famous student, Aristotle.

Plato's Quotes:

1. "Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge."


2. "The greatest wealth is to live content with little."


3. "Life must be lived as play."


4. "There is no harm in repeating a good thing."


5. "The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so."


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


7. "All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman."


8. "I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work."


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


10. "People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die."


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


12. "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."

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TOP 70+ Plato Quotes:

part 1: Love Quotes

part 2: Life and Humanity

part 3: Quotes on Wisdom

part 4: Education and Knowledge

part 5: Thinking and Act Courageously

part 6: Truth and Reality