Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
PLATOOne of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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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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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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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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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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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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