There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
PLATOThe direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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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.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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