.. we shall not be properly educated ourselves, nor will the guardians whom we are training, until we can recognise the qualities of discipline, courage, generosity, greatness of mind, and others akin to them, as well as their opposites in all their manifestations.

Do thine own work, and know thyself.

I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.

To do injustice is the greatest of all evils.

Mob rule and emasculation of the wise' and 'who will watch the guardians'?

As the proverb says, "a good beginning is half the business" and "to have begun well" is praised by all.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.