The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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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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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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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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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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