The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal.

And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst?

The wolf cares not, how many the sheep be.

Many men are loved by their enemies, and hated by their friends, and are the friends of their enemies, and the enemies of their friends.

There is nothing so delightful as the hearing, or the speaking of truth. For this reason, there is no conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity, who hears without any intention to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive.

God is a geometrician.

Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.