To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true.

Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were.

Phronimos, possessing practical wisdom . But the only virtue special to a ruler is practical wisdom; all the others must be possessed, so it seems, both by rulers and ruled. The virtue of a person being ruled is not practical wisdom but correct opinion; he is rather like a person who makes the pipes, while the ruler is the one who can play them.

You should never think without an image.

The true nature of anything is what it becomes at its highest.

Well begun is half done.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.