Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.
Anything worth knowing is already known and must be remembered and reclaimed by the soul.
Thus does the Muse herself move men divinely inspired, and through them thus inspired a Chain hangs together of others inspired divinely likewise.
Madness is a divine release of the soul from the yoke of custom and convention.
We ought to live sacrificing, and singing, and dancing.