"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools."
"For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not to himself. Nor does beauty and strength of body, when dwelling in a base and cowardly man, appear comely, but the reverse of comely, making the possessor more conspicuous, and manifesting forth his cowardice."
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Source: Plato (2015). “The Complete Plato”, p.166, Booklassic
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