Plato, Laws 790b

πόλεσιν ἤθη τάχʼ ἂν ἀκούσαντα εἰς σύννοιαν ἀφίκοιτʼ ἂν τὴν ὀρθήν, ὅτι χωρὶς τῆς ἰδίας διοικήσεως ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ὀρθῆς γιγνομένης μάτην ἂν τὰ κοινά τις οἴοιτο ἕξειν τινὰ βεβαιότητα θέσεως νόμων, καὶ ταῦτα ἐννοῶν, αὐτὸς νόμοις ἂν τοῖς νῦν ῥηθεῖσιν χρῷτο, καὶ χρώμενος, εὖ τήν τε οἰκίαν καὶ πόλιν ἅμα τὴν αὑτοῦ διοικῶν, εὐδαιμονοῖ. καὶ μάλʼ εἰκότως εἴρηκας. τοιγαροῦν μήπω λήξωμεν τῆς τοιαύτης νομοθεσίας,

in the States may perhaps listen, and so come to the right conclusion that, unless private affairs in a State are rightly managed, it is vain to suppose that any stable code of laws can exist for public affairs; and when he perceives this, the individual citizen may of himself adopt as laws the rules we have now stated, and, by so doing and thus ordering aright both his household and his State, may achieve happiness. Such a result seems quite probable. Consequently we must not desist from this kind of legislation until we have described in detail the treatment suited for the souls