Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
PLATOHe whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
More Plato Quotes
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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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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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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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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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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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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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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