The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATOLack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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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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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same 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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He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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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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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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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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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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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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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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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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