The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATOTime is the moving image of reality.
More Plato Quotes
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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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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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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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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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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