"It is our duty to select the..." - Quote by Plato

“Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.”

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

“They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.”

“Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.”

“You can't fool all of the people all of the time. But it isn't necessary.”

“This is enough was always true. We just haven't seen it.”

“There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.”

“Man's progress is but a gradual discovery that his questions have no meaning.”

“It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from asbsolute beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute beauty, and for no other reason. Do you accept this kind of causality?”