Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.Plato
Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.Plato
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.Plato
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.Plato
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.Plato
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.Plato