Only the Greatest and the Best Quotes from Plato



Quote : "Not by wisdom do poets write poetry' but by a sort of genius and inspiration; they are like diviners or soothsayers who also say many fine things' but do not understand the meaning of them."

Quote : "He' O men' is the wisest' who' like Socrates' knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing."

Quote : "For the fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom' and not real wisdom' being a pretence of knowing the unknown and no one knows whether death' which men in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil' may not be the greatest good."

Quote : "I will never fear or avoid a possible good rather than a certain evil."

Quote : "Not to take thought for your persons or your properties' but first and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul."

Quote : "I tell you that virtue is not given by money' but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man' public as well as private."

Quote : "For a bad man is not permitted to injure a better than himself."

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