More quotes by Plato

"Ideas are the source of all things"
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."
"In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one."
"One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
"The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out."