The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
PLATOFalse words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
More Plato Quotes
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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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Time is the moving image of reality.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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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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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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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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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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