Plato, Meno, section 89c

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[89c] is it by education?

Meno
We must now conclude, I think, that it is; and plainly, Socrates, on our hypothesis that virtue is knowledge, it must be taught.

Socrates
Yes, I daresay; but what if we were not right in agreeing to that?

Meno
Well, it seemed to be a correct statement a moment ago.

Socrates
Yes, but not only a moment ago must it seem correct, but now also and hereafter, if it is to be at all sound.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.

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