"The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but eternal and there she is at rest, and has escaped from the wanderings and follies of men, and is ever with the gods, as becomes her who is divi…"

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

"The society we have described can never grow into a reality or see the light of day, and there will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, till philosophe…"

"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."