Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class. — Plato
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. — Plato
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. — Plato
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. — Plato
To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils. — Plato