Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
PLATOOne of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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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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All learning has an emotional base.
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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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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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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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