What they say of us is that we have a peaceful time Living at home, while they do the fighting in war. How wrong they are! I would very much rather s… - Euripides

And, they tell us, we at home
Live free from danger, they go out to battle: fools!
I’d rather stand three times in the front line than bear
One child.

If the liberty of thought is the highest activity of the human mind, then the suppression of that liberty must be the most degrading to us as human beings.

Los mortales deberían contraer entre sí sentimientos amorosos moderados, sin llegar hasta los tuétanos del alma, y los afectos del corazón deberían ser fáciles de desatar para rechazarlos o apartarlos

فهذا ما يحافظ على مدن البشر ويجمعها معاً: الحفاظ على القانون.