Quotes by Plato
Plato was a pupil of Socrates and founded the Academy in Athens. His dialogues, in which Socrates is usually the main speaker, include the Apology and the Republic. The wording here is Benjamin Jowett’s English translation, first published in 1871.
The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Now the worst part of the punishment is that he who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself.