“If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul.”
Source: The Dialogues of Plato
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Famous Plato Quotes
“Don't quarrel with your parents even if you are on the right.”
“From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle.”
“He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act”
Source: The Philosophy Collection [97 Books]
“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being”
“The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole.”
“Health is a consumation of a love affair of all the organs of the body.”
“Music gives wings to the mind and flight to the imagination.”
“The good, of course, is always beautiful, and the beautiful never lacks proportion.”
“Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.”
Source: Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates
“The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage.”
Source: Dialogues of Plato
“Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul”
Source: Complete Works
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Plato (Illustrated)
“The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets.”
Source: Plato, with an English translation
“Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger.”
“It is through geometry that one purifies the eye of the soul.”
“Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.”
Source: Laws
“The right question is usually more important than the right answer.”
Source: The Dialogues of Plato
“Love is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation.”