One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
PLATOLove is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
More Plato Quotes
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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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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There is truth in wine and children.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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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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