Unless philosophers rule as kings, or kings genuinely philosophize, there will be no end to troubles for states.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

There is no envy in the good.

Imagine prisoners chained underground since childhood, seeing only shadows on a wall and taking them for reality.

Even among barbarians, pride sometimes yields to wisdom, and Ares stands in awe of the Muses.

-- Posidonius

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few.

-- Pythagoras

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

-- Socrates

I know that I know nothing.

-- Socrates

When three walk together, one is surely my teacher. I follow what is good and correct what is not.

-- Confucius

I transmit but do not create; I trust in and love the ancients.

-- Confucius