Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
PLATOThe price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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