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Cities Quotes by Plato
- Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war…
- In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill...…
- 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…
- The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though…
- At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred…
- My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are…
- Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and…
- This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
- When the music changes, the walls of the city shake.
- Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city.
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- We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
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