Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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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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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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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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Philosophy is the highest music.
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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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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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People 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.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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