One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
PLATOThose who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
More Plato Quotes
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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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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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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