The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
PLATOAn empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
More Plato Quotes
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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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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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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