The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

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For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

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

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

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?...

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

This I know - that I know nothing.

This I know - that I know nothing.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

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.

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...

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

Excellent things are rare.

Excellent things are rare.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

You don't need to be there from the beginning, only until the end.

You don't need to be there from the beginning, only until the end.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.