β “Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.” 2418 Plato
β “It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.” 2418 Plato
β “How, then, might we contrive… One noble lie to persuade if possible the rulers themselves, but failing that the rest of the city?” 2418 Plato
β “Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.” 2418 Plato