The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
PLATOThe 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.
More Plato Quotes
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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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