One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
PLATOThe madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
More Plato Quotes
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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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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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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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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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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