Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct …

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Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil. ✨ Plato (2008). Laws, p.227, Cosimo, Inc.
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