Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

Knowledge is true opinion.

. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth.

People regard the same things, some as just and others as unjust, - about these they dispute; and so there arise wars and fightings among them.

The god, O men, seems to me to be really wise; and by his oracle to mean this, that the wisdom of this world is foolishness and of none effect.

As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.

Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the part of the rulers, and to cowardice on the part of the governed.