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Nay, Socrates," said Glaucon, "the measure of listening to such discussions is the whole of life for reasonable men". The Republic, 450c. — Plato

One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand. — Alan Bradley

I was reading Plato's 'The Republic' at age 18, and I can't account fully the electricity that had for me. — Raymond Moody

I took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics. — Patrick Carman

He talks like he's living in Plato's Republic, not Romulus's shit-hole. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Republic isn't as much fun as The Symposium. It's all long speeches, and nobody bursting in drunk to woo Socrates in the middle. — Jo Walton

For he (Cato) gives his opinion as if he were in Plato's Republic, not in Romulus' cesspool. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I read Plato's 'Republic.' I read it through about five times until I could actually understand it. — Huey Newton

Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement. — Marcus Aurelius

Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education. — Plato

Music does affect your opinions. Plato is supposed to have said "It's very dangerous to allow the wrong kind of music into the republic." — Pete Seeger

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. — Plato

Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it. — Plato

But if God had wanted us to think with just our wombs, why did He give us a brain? — Clare Boothe Luce

He who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself. — Plato

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity. — Plato

Shirley took the view that the past disintegrated if you never mentioned it. — J.K. Rowling

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that. — Norton Juster

In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain - hunger. — Mark Kurlansky