"The greatest penalty of evildoing is to grow into the likeness of bad men."

"Again, the practice of men sacrificing one another still exists among many nations; while, on the other hand, we hear…"

"You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refr…"

"Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithf…"

"Now I, as the legislator, regard you and your possessions, not as belonging to yourselves, but as belonging to your w…"

"Moreover, there is a victory and defeat—the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats—which each m…"

"Now death is not the worst that can happen to men; far worse are the punishments which are said to pursue them in the…"

"Let us say to the youth: "The ruler of the universe has ordered all things with a view to the preservation and perfec…"

"Are we assured that there are two things which lead men to believe in the Gods, as we have already stated? What are t…"

"To say that Plato has only one concern in his political writings is unfair to the dogged and detailed emphasis of Law…"