And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves, then he will gaze upon the light of the moon and the stars and the spangled heaven...Last of all he will be able to see the sun.

Is there anything worse for a state than to be split and disunited? or anything better than cohesion and unity?

...the Gods too love a joke.

Man is a being in search of meaning.

That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless

All knowledge is but remembrance.

The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best.