Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance..

Evil is the vulgar lover who loves the body rather than the soul, inasmuch as he is not even stable, because he loves a thing which is in itself unst….

As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him..

I must yield to you, for you are irresistible..

They ought to be gentle to their friends and dangerous to their enemies..

There is also a third kind of madness, which is possession by the Muses, enters into a delicate and virgin soul, and there inspiring frenzy, awakens ….

We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be ….

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity..

And a democracy, I suppose, comes into being when the poor, winning the victory, put to death some of the other party, drive out others, and grant th….

True friendship can exist only between equals..

To honor with hymns and panegyrics those who are still alive is not safe; a man should run his course and make a fair ending, and then we will praise….

By the golden chain Homer meant nothing else than the sun..

You cannot go into the same water twice..

Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself..

The best stomachs are not those which reject all foods..

Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of visi….

When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it ….

When a person supposes that he knows, and does not know; this appears to be the great source of all the errors of the intellect..

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue..

The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible ….

The God of Love lives in a state of need..