Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
PLATOKnowledge is the food of the soul.
More Plato Quotes
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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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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He was a wise man who invented God.
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Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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