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

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  Plato, War, Government

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• Wisest is he who knows what he does not know.

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  Philosophical, Doe, Tao

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• If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake.

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  Mistake, Failing, Made

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• Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.

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  Ignorance, Roots, Causes

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• Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Stars, Caves

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  Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

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  Plato, Desire, Three

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• To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous.

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  Important, Quests, Courageous

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• Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.

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  Desire, Poverty, Wealth

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• Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

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  Fighting, Enjoy Life, Battle

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• The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

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  Fear, Self, Deception

  Plato, Harold North Fowler (1926). “Plato: with an English translation”

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• Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.

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  Lying, Thinking, Shadow

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  False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

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  Truth, Attitude, Lying

  Plato (2011). “The Final Days of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo”, p.136, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

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  Inspirational, Justice, Form

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• Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

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  Song, Philosophical, Heart

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• Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

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  Education, Children, Teaching

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• Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.

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  Wise, Honey, Herbs

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• A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality.

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  Artist, Reality, Giving

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• The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Plato (2012). “The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues”, p.60, Courier Corporation

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• Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.

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  Patience, Tasks, Wells

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• The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

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  Inspirational, Passion, Essentials

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• One cannot make a slave of a free person, for a free person is free even in a prison.

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  Prison, Slave, Persons

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• We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light?

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  Death, Children, Men

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• Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.

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  Perfect, Justice, Understanding

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• Do not expect justice where might is right.

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  Wisdom, Justice, Might

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• Where love reigns, there's no need for laws.

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  Law, Needs, Reign

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