"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools."
"We obtain better knowledge of a person during one hour's play and games than by conversing with him for a whole year"
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Source: Plato (2010). “The Works of Plato: Charmides, Lysis, Other Dialogues and the Laws”, p.233, Cosimo, Inc.
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