柏拉图名言

没有反省的人生不值得活。
英译：The unexamined life is not worth living.

耐心是一切聪明才智的基础。

人是寻求意义的动物。

不知道自己的无知，乃是双倍的无知。

初期教育应是一种娱乐，这样才更容易发现一个人天生的爱好。

聪明人说话，是因为有些话要说；蠢人说话，则因为要说些话。
英译：Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, becasue they have to say something.

音乐是一种道德律，它使宇宙有了魂魄，心灵有了翅膀，想像得以飞翔，使忧伤与欢乐有如醉如痴的力量，使一切事物有了生命；它是秩序的本质，引向成为真、善、美的一切。
英译：Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the minds, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gayety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just, and beautiful.

只有死亡才能看到战争的终结
英译：Only the dead have seen the end of war

恋爱是一种严重的精神病

孩子怕黑暗情有可原，人生真正的悲剧是成人怕光明。

上帝永远将一切几何化。
英译：God eternally geometrizes.

地球万事万物，在天堂都有理想版本，其重要性不在于他们是否真实存在，而在我们无瑕的追求。

朋友都是有共通点的 (物以类聚)
英译：Friends have all things in common.

当碰到了爱情,每个人都成了诗人
英译：At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

和一个人玩一个小时对他的了解,胜过于一年的对谈
英译：Watch a man at play for an hour and you can learn more about him than in talking to him for a year.

开始是工作最重要的一部分(赢在起跑点/好的开始就成功了一半)
英译：The beginning is the most important part of the work.

眼睛是灵魂之窗
英译：The eyes which are the windows of the soul.

唯一的好是知识,唯一的恶是无知
英译：There is only one good, which is knowledge, and one evil, which is ignorance.

好人不循法律而行事,恶人循法律边缘而行
英译：Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.