The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
PLATOAll I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
More Plato Quotes
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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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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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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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 able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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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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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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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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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
PLATO