The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATOWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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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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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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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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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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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 human thing is of serious importance.
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