The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
PlatoBecause it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.
PlatoIt is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.
PlatoThen may we not fairly plead in reply that our 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 with the mental faculty fitted to do so, that is, with the faculty which is akin to reality, and which approaches and unites with it, and begets intelligence and truth as children, and is only released from travail when it has thus reached knowledge and true life and satisfaction?
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