The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATOA house that has a library in it has a soul.
More Plato Quotes
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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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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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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