I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the foundation, and from these truths to ….

Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life..

There is a ... matter - much more valuable and divine than natural philosophy . ... On this matter I must speak to you in enigmas..

There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of an….

And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst?.

We must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one thing which is natural to him an….

The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods. More than any other ….

Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . . For this is the way of happiness..

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till h….

Let him take heart who does advance, even in the smallest degree..

I know nothing more worthy of a man's ambition than that his son be the best of men..

Aspiring minds must sometimes sustain loss..

The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion..

Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of t….

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand..

Thinking is the soul talking to itself..

Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of ….

One should turn towards the main ocean of the-beautiful-in-the-world so that one may by, contemplation of this Form, bring forth in all their splendo….

As the proverb says, "a good beginning is half the business" and "to have begun well" is praised by all..

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder..

No soul willfully does wrong..