There is no other start to philosophy but wonder.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest...and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war

A delightful form of government, anarchic and motley, assigning a kind of equality indiscriminately to equals and unequals alike!

The race of the guardians must be kept pure.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.