A good education consists in knowing how to sing and dance well.
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.
The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.
The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole.
The man who hath music in his soul will be most in love with the loveliest.
And a democracy, I suppose, comes into being when the poor, winning the victory, put to death some of the other party, drive out others, and grant the rest of the citizens an equal share in both citizenship and offices.