The beginning is half of the whole..

You ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt to cure the body without the soul..

Because it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible..

You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls..

Haughtiness lives under the same roof with solitude..

The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants..

I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure, or profit either, than talking or listening to philosophy. But when it comes to ordinary conver….

In one sense it is evident that the art of kingship does include the art of lawmaking. But the political ideal is not full authority for laws but rat….

There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless..

In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other….

Consider how great is the encouragement which all the world gives to the lover; neither is he supposed to be doing anything dishonourable; but if he ….

The wolf cares not, how many the sheep be..

Love is a severe mental disorder..

It is impossible to conceive of many without one..

And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob, does not withhold his hand from the shedding of t….

No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul.

Everything that deceives may be said to enchant..

The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is belov….

If there is no contradictory impression, there is nothing to awaken reflection.

A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge..

Be kind, for everyone is having a hard battle..