The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATOHonesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
More Plato Quotes
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All learning has an emotional base.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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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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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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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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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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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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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 greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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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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