Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
PLATOHe feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
More Plato Quotes
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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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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