An old man is twice a child, and so is a drunken man..

And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a sound system of education you p….

He who does not desire power is fit to hold it..

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle..

God ever geometrizes..

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affectin….

It behooves those who take the young to task to leave them room for excuse, lest they drive them to be hardened by too much rebuke..

The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above..

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

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with h….

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws..

Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet….

Wisdom is a blaze, kindled by a leaping spark..

Through obedience learn to command..

The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then, can the dog be anything ….

From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle..

[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion..

The poets are nothing but interpreters of the gods, each one possessed by the divinity to whom he is in bondage..

When I hear a man discoursing of virtue, or of any sort of wisdom, who is a true man and worthy of his theme, I am delighted beyond measure: and I co….

Those who tell the stories rule society..

Truth is its own reward..