Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
PLATOThose who tell the stories rule society.
More Plato Quotes
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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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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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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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