Plato Quotes and SayingsPlato Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC - 347 BC) |
| One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ~Plato You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters. ~Plato The beginning is the most important part of the work. ~Plato Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. ~Plato Necessity, who is the mother of invention. ~Plato No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding. ~Plato They certainly give very strange names to diseases. ~Plato Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. ~Plato The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things. ~Plato You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. ~Plato Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. ~Plato If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. ~Plato |