Rhythm and melody enter into the soul of the well-instructed youth and produce there a certain mental harmony hardly obtainable in any other way. . . . thus music, too, is concerned with the principles of love in their application to harmony and rhythm.
Those who tell the stories rule society.
That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed.
Man's greatest victory is over oneself.
Let no one ignorant of Mathematics enter here.
According to Diotima, Love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects of their desire. Love is neither wise nor beautiful, but is rather the desire for wisdom and beauty.