One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
PLATOI 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.
More Plato Quotes
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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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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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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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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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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No human thing is of serious importance.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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