Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
PLATOAll I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
More Plato Quotes
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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 philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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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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There is truth in wine and children.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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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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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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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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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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