# Plato quotes that really are in his dialogues

Many lines that go around under Plato's name are not his. These are: they come from the Apology, Theaetetus, Timaeus, Republic or Phaedo, usually spoken by Socrates.

- 6 votes · 11 items
- Aug 27, 2018 · Andrea García Redondo
- https://even.best/en/l/4806/plato-quotes-that-really-are-in-his-dialogues

## Top 11

1. **The unexamined life is not worth living.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Apology of Socrates, 38a.
2. **Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Theaetetus, 155d.
3. **The important thing is not to live, but to live well.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Crito, 48b.
4. **The height of injustice is to seem just without being so.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Republic, Book II, 361a.
5. **The greatest penalty for refusing to rule is to be ruled by someone worse.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Republic, Book I, 347c.
6. **Those who practise philosophy in the right way are practising for dying.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Phaedo, 67e.
7. **Thinking is the soul talking to itself.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Theaetetus, 189e.
8. **Time is the moving image of eternity.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Timaeus, 37d.
9. **What I do not know, I do not think I know either.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Apology of Socrates, 21d.
10. **To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Apology of Socrates, 29a.
11. **It is worse to do injustice than to suffer it.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gorgias, 469c and 474b.

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