You cannot conceive the many without the one.

The seen is the changing, the unseen is the unchanging.

As to the artists, do we not know that he only of them whom love inspires has the light of fame?-he whom love touches not walks in darkness.

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.

The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect - it is too exciting.

And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance that we judge well.

The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.