Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
PLATOThe beginning is the most important part of the work.
More Plato Quotes
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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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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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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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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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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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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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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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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Love is a serious mental disease.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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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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