More quotes by Plato

"Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to discover the child's natural bent."
"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."
"Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically."
"Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous."
"Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous."