The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATOLet the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
More Plato Quotes
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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