No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth. — Plato

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Author: Plato

Insight: People despise truth-tellers not because they're wrong, but because honesty disrupts comfortable lies we've built our lives on. That coworker who points out the failing project or the friend who says your relationship isn't working gets labeled "negative"—when really, they're just holding up a mirror you didn't want to see.

Source: Republic, Book IX

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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

PlatoRepublic, Book IX

Insight

People despise truth-tellers not because they're wrong, but because honesty disrupts comfortable lies we've built our lives on. That coworker who points out the failing project or the friend who says your relationship isn't working gets labeled "negative"—when really, they're just holding up a mirror you didn't want to see.

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Plato

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician, born around 428 BC in Athens, Greece. He is known for founding the Academy in Athens, one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world. Plato's philosophical works, including "The Republic" and "The Symposium," continue to be highly influential in Western philosophy.

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