The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
PLATOThose who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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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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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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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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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
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