All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.