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

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Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

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?...

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...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

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...

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.