Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselv... - Plato

"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."

"Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself."

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

"Life must be lived as play."

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."