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.
PLATOMusical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
More Plato Quotes
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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