Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it.
Science is nothing but perception.
They ought to be gentle to their friends and dangerous to their enemies.
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 him; and let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.
We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.