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If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.
Plato

If you do not participate in the decisions of your government, then you are destined to exist under the governance of incompetents.
2.
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.
Plato

A shrewd individual speaks because they have substance to impart; a simpleton because they feel obligated to vocalize.
3.
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
Plato

No one is more despised than he who voices the facts.
4.
Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.
Plato

Do not impose your customs on your offspring, for they have been fashioned for a period disparate from yours.
5.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Plato

'Those of upright character do not require a code of conduct to act in an appropriate manner, while malefactors will always find a means to flout the rules.'
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Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.
Plato

'Our outlook on life is shaped by our mentality, and we can alter it by altering our mental state.'
7.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
Plato

Relish existence. There's plenty of time to be deceased. Be compassionate, for every person you come across is struggling a tougher combat.
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Plato

The consequence of abstaining from politics is that you are left at the mercy of those less competent.
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9.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Plato

Those who are too wise to take part in politics suffer the consequences of being ruled by those who are less informed.
10.
The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.
Plato

11.
Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.
Plato

12.
Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent", in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".
Plato

Accomplishment is not an inheritance, but an art that requires training. We do not behave "correctly" because we are "accomplished", in fact we attain "accomplishment" by acting "correctly".
13.
Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.
Plato

Show compassion. Each individual you run into is struggling with a challenging struggle.
14.
The first and the best victory is to conquer self.
Plato

The supreme triumph is to vanquish oneself.
15.
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
Plato

Human actions stem from three primary sources: craving, passion, and understanding.
16.
When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things.
Plato

When you express appreciation, you become remarkable, and ultimately draw in superb things.
17.
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.
Plato

Those who have the insight to uncover the falsehoods and illusions of their society will never be comprehended or accepted by the majority.
18.
The right question is usually more important than the right answer.
Plato

19.
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.
Plato

Every heart hums a melody, unfinished, until another heart echoes in response.
20.
The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often only a spark - to guide it in the dim country of this world. But some souls, by rare fortune, are detained longer - have time to grasp a handful of tapers, which they weave into a torch. These are the torch-bearers of humanity - its poets, seers and saints, who lead and lift the race out of darkness, toward the light. They are the law-givers and saviors, the light-bringers, way-showers and truth-tellers, and without them, humanity would lose its way in the dark.
Plato

21.
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
Plato

'I am the most insightful man alive, for I recognize one thing, and that is my lack of knowledge.'
22.
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age
Plato

He who is composed and contented will scarcely endure the burden of age.
23.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Plato

24.
If we are to have any hope for the future, those who have lanterns must pass them on to others.
Plato

25.
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.
Plato

26.
Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul
Plato

27.
The greatest privilege of a human life is to become a midwife to the awakening of the Soul in another person.
Plato

28.
Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom
Plato

29.
The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.
Plato

30.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Plato

31.
According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.
Plato

32.
The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind, yet the mind and the body are one and should not be treated separately!
Plato

33.
Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.
Plato

34.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
Plato

35.
When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal on the face of the globe.
Plato

36.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Plato

37.
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being
Plato

38.
The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.
Plato

39.
Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.
Plato

40.
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
Plato

41.
A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.
Plato

42.
Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and honourable, finds a little afterwards that he is wicked, faithless, and then he meets with another of the same character. When a man experiences this often, and more particularly from those whom he considered his most dear and best friends, at last, having frequently made a slip, he hates the whole world, and thinks that there is nothing sound at all in any of them.
Plato

43.
The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals
Plato

44.
Thinking is the soul talking to itself.
Plato

45.
Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination.
Plato

46.
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with
Plato

47.
A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality.
Plato

48.
The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.
Plato

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Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
Plato

50.
To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous.
Plato