And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine

Not every love, but only that which has a noble purpose, is noble and worthy of praise.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

... the community suffers nothing very terrible if its cobblers are bad and become degenerate and pretentious; but if the Guardians of its laws and constitution, who alone have the opportunity to bring it good government and prosperity, become a mere sham, then clearly it is completely ruined.

A state arises,as I conceive,out of the needs of mankind;no one is self-sufficing,but all of us have many wants

Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils - no, nor the human race, as I believe - and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.

You must base the Wisdom on Love.