One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
PLATOThose who tell the stories rule society.
More Plato Quotes
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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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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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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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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Ideas are the source of all things.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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