Plato

The good is the beautiful. ↗

— Plato

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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

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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. ↗

— Plato

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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. ↗

— Plato

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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ↗

— Plato

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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. ↗

— Plato

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All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. ↗

— Plato

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He was a wise man who invented beer. ↗

— Plato

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A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. ↗

— Plato

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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. ↗

— Plato

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