Those who tell the stories rule society.
PLATOEverything that deceives may be said to enchant.
More Plato Quotes
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There is truth in wine and children.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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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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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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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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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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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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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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Time is the moving image of reality.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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