And When He Has Brought Forth And Reared This Perfect Virtue, He Shall Be Called The Friend Of God, And If Ever It Is Given To Man To Put On Immortality, It Shall Be Given To Him.

And When He Has Brought Forth And Reared This Perfect Virtue, He Shall Be Called The Friend Of God, And If Ever It Is Given To Man To Put On Immortality, It Shall Be Given To Him.

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And when he has brought forth and reared this perfect virtue, he
shall be called the friend of god, and if ever it is given to man
to put on immortality, it shall be given to him.

-- Plato,
"The Symposium", Datalinks

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