Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
PLATOYou should not honor men more than truth.
More Plato Quotes
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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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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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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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 madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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