And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst?

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only a euphemism for folly.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst?

Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life.

Health is a consumation of a love affair of all the organs of the body.