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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.


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PLATO He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
PLATO As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
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PLATO Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
PLATO Life must be lived as play.
PLATO Necessity... the mother of invention.
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PLATO They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.
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PLATO You should not honor men more than truth.
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PLATO Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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PLATO Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
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PLATO Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
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