Let us affirm what seems to be the truth, that, whether one is or is not, one and the others in relation to themselves and one another, all of them, in every way, are and are not, and appear to be and appear not to be.

Those who refuse to engage in politics will be led by their inferiors

I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.

Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination.

We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know, rather than if we believe that it is not possible to find out what we do not know and that we must not look for it.

The good, of course, is always beautiful, and the beautiful never lacks proportion.

A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.