Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
PLATOThose who tell the stories rule society.
More Plato Quotes
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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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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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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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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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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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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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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