People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.
We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light?
It was Plato, according to Sosigenes, who set this as a problem for those concerned with these things, through what suppositions of uniform and ordered movements the appearances concerning the movements of the wandering heavenly bodies could be preserved.
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
You must base the Wisdom on Love.
To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.