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Those Who Are Too Smart To Engage In Politics Are Punished By Being Governed By Those Who Are Dumber.
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being
governed by those who are dumber.
-- Plato (428-348? B.C.)
Related:
Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics.
Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics." -- French Proverb
Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics. -- French Proverb
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
-- Plato...
If you can discover a better way of life than office-holding for your future rulers, a well-governed city becomes a possibility.
For only in such a state will those rule who are truly rich, not in gold, but in the wealth that makes happiness--a good and wise life....
Those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their strength are governed by others.
-- Mencius (Meng-tse) (372?-289? BCE)...
Power buries those who wield it. -- The Talmud (Yoma, 86 b.)
Those who are afraid of doing too much always do too little.
Those who get A's become professors. Those who get B's become judges.
All the rest make the money. -- Law school maxim...