Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being
governed by those who are dumber.
-- Plato (428-348? B.C.)
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...
