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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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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

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For to fear death, men, is in fact nothing other than to seem to be wise, but not to be so. For it is to seem to know what one does not know: no one k...more

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Socrates: This man, on one hand, believes that he knows something, while not knowing [anything]. On the other hand, I – equally ignorant – do not beli...more

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...[T]he right way is to give one's attention first to the highest good of the young, just as you expect a good gardener to give his attention first t...more

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As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.

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Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.

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let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.