Post by vocalolfart on Aug 12, 2022 15:32:58 GMT 10
Plato Born: 428 BCE or 427 BCE Athens ancient Greece
Died: 348 BCE or 347 BCE Athens ancient Greece
If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.Died: 348 BCE or 347 BCE Athens ancient Greece
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth
Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.
Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.
Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
The right question is usually more important than the right answer.
Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.
Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom
Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.
The first and the best victory is to conquer self
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
We become what we contemplate.
Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.
Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy
Those who tell the stories rule society.
The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbours, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.
Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties
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.
The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.