The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
PLATOLove is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
More Plato Quotes
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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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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Ideas are the source of all things.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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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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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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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 greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
PLATO