The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
PLATOThose who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
More Plato Quotes
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All learning has an emotional base.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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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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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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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 price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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