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."
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
"Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love."
"Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous."
"Education is teaching our children to desire the right things."