More quotes by Plato

"To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat."
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."
"Ideas are the source of all things"
"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."