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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Plato

He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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Action Country Dreamss Inspirational Patriotism Power Service Thinking
If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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Empowerment Expectation Men Teaching Women Women Empowerment
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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Door God Life Man Patience Prison Wait
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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Angry Help Lesson Patience Person
At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Love One Liner Poetry Romantic
Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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Knowledge Learning Teaching
He was a wise man who invented God.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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Character Man Measure One Liner Power
We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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Direction Except Hands People Satisfaction Selfish Time Want
Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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Amuse Children Discover Education Force Genius Harsh Learning Mind Train
I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
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Art Children Learning Music Philosophy Science Teaching
You should not honor men more than truth.
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Honesty Honor Men One Liner Truth
The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Acquire Character Deal Divine Himself Philosophy Republic
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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Desire Law Moderate Terrible Wild
Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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Freedom Knowledge Ourself Seek
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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Die Dirty Grow Help Nourish People Person

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