Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils - no, nor the human race, as I believe - and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
PlatoMany men are loved by their enemies, and hated by their friends, and are the friends of their enemies, and the enemies of their friends.
PlatoThe gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.
Plato