Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our useโthat is our good useโof other things, and since knowledge is what provides this goodness of use and also good fortune, every man must, as seems plausible, prepare himself by every means for this: to be as wise as possible. Right?
SocratesThe soul then, as being immortal, and having been born again many times, and having seen all things that exist, whether in this world or in the world below, has knowledge of them all . . . all enquiry and all learning is but recollection.
SocratesThe nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
Socrates