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There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings a...more

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Philosophy is the highest music.

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Ideas are the source of all things

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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

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Time is the moving image of eternity.

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Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quic...more

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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

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Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.

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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

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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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The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

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They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE)

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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

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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...more

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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them then he is always stirring up some wary o...more