The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

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The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to...

The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to...

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.

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

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...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

Your silence gives consent.

Your silence gives consent.

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.

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

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

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

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.

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...