More quotes by Plato

"Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand."
"The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks lamely through life and returns good for nothing to the world below."
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
"Knowledge is the food of the soul."
"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."