The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
PLATOHe who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
More Plato Quotes
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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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I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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