To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy.

A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you.

Renouncing the honors at which the world aims, I desire only to know the truth... and to the maximum of power, I exhort all other men to do the same.

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.