The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
PLATOIf a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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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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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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