Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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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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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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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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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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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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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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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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