One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
PLATOExcellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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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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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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