Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
PLATOOf all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
More Plato Quotes
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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 object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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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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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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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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