Plato Quotes

In The Running Of Cities, Virtually Nothing Is Done By Anyone That Is Conducive To Political Health, Nor Is There A Single Ally With Whom One Might Go To The Aid Of Justice And Still Remain Alive; It Would Be A Case Of A Solitary Human Among Wild Animals, Neither Wanting To Join In Their Depredations Nor Able To Stand Alone Against Their Collective Savagery, Dead Before He'd Done Any Good To His City Or Friends And Useless Both To Himself And Everybody Else. Once A Person Has Made All These Calculations, He Keeps His Peace And Minds His Own Business, Like Someone Withdrawing From The Prevailing Wind Into The Shelter Of A Wall In A Storm Of Dust Or Rain, And As He Sees Everyone Else Filling Themselves Full Of Lawlessness He Is Content If He Himself Can Somehow Live Out Life Here Untainted By Injustice And Impious Actions, And Leave It With Fine Hopes And In A Spirit Of Kindness And Good Will.

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