Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

... for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves.

The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.

Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.

The music masters familiarize children's minds with rhythms and melodies, thus making them more civilized, more balanced, better adjusted in themselves, and more capable in whatever they say or do, for rhythm and harmony are essential to the whole of life.

You cannot conceive the many without the one.

Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good.