Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
PLATOPeople are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
More Plato Quotes
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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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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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