Plato Quotes

Plato was a Greek philosopher who lived from about 428/427 or 424/423 to about 348/347 BC. He was a pupil of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. Plato was the founder of the Academy, which was the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

This is a collection of quotes by Plato.

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Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike.
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Do not keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play.
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Even the gods love jokes.
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He was a wise man who invented beer.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Philosophy begins in wonder.
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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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