Plato

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.”

“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”

“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.”

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”

“Character is simply habit long continued.”

“When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.”

“He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.”

“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”

“There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.”

“No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.”

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save and preserve it.”

“The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.”

“Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.”

“People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.”

“Love is a serious mental disease.”

“Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.”

“Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.”

“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.”