Plato Quotes
Browse 12 quotes from Plato, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“The part can never be well unless the whole is well.”
“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.”
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
“The first and best victory is to conquer self.”
“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one’s own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”
“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.”
“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
