Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. Philosophy is the highest music. By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him to rule, and to obey, with justice. This is the only education which deserves the name. Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity. And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and they, too, go their ways condemned by the truth to suffer the penalty of villainy and wrong; and I must abide by my award - let them abide by theirs. A dog has the soul of a philosopher. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. Necessity, who is the mother of invention. You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. |