Plato

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Wise men speak because they have something to say Fools because they have to say something.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

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 to stamp out.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods, and defend himself against his enemies, and win in the contest.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

States are as the men are they grow out of human characters.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

The life which is unexamined is not worth living.

Science is nothing but perception.

Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts.