One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

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Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be?...

Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be?...

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

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

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

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

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

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

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full...

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full...

Even the gods love jokes

Even the gods love jokes

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

A boy is a magical creature; you can lock him out of your workshop, but...

A boy is a magical creature; you can lock him out of your workshop, but...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

You can change only what people know, not what they do.

You can change only what people know, not what they do.