Plato Quotes

The aim of education is virtue and the desire to become a good citizen.

Everything that is called studying and learning is nothing but remembering.

Learning to die teaches us to live better.

The intelligent man speaks with authority when he directs his own life.

Civilization is the victory of persuasion over force.

Fear old age, for it never comes alone.

Common spirits have no destiny.

It is necessary to differentiate things: what always exists without having been born, and what is always beginning without ever coming to be.

The legislator should not aim for the happiness of a certain order of citizens to the exclusion of others, but the happiness of all.

Freedom lies in being masters of our own lives.