Plato (427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy.He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Here are some of Plato's most notable quotes:
1. "The unexamined life is not worth living."
2. "Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."
3. "Courage is knowing what not to fear."
4. "Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
5. "Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge."
6. "At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet."
7. "Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men's concerns."
8. "Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."
9. "There is truth in wine and children."
10. "The beginning is the most important part of the work."
11. "The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
12. "He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."
13. "Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil."
14. "Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance."
15. "Necessity is the mother of invention."
16. "The measure of a man is what he does with power."
17. "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."
18. "A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers."
19. "There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."
20. "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."