“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the… — Plato Copy Share Image
. . . you did not seem to me over-fond of money. And this is the way in general with those who… — Plato Copy Share Image
“the creative soul creates not children, but conceptions of wisdom and virtue,” — Plato Copy Share Image
There should be no element of slavery in learning. Enforced exercise does no harm to the body, but enforced learning will not… — Plato Copy Share Image
Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomesa second time a child. — Plato Copy Share Image
The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second,… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It is easy to forgive children who are afraid of the dark but the real tragedy of life is men who are… — Plato Copy Share Image
The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things. — Plato Copy Share Image
“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so… — Plato Copy Share Image
Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours… — Plato Copy Share Image
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid… — Plato Copy Share Image
And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a… — Plato Copy Share Image
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds. — Plato Copy Share Image
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. — Plato Copy Share Image
If you think your child's academic studies are more important than the arts, think again. — Plato Copy Share Image
For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a… — Plato Copy Share Image
We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light? — Plato Copy Share Image
The makers of fortunes have a second love of money as a creation of their own, resembling the affection of authors for… — Plato Copy Share Image
The music masters familiarize children's minds with rhythms and melodies, thus making them more civilized, more balanced, better adjusted in themselves, and… — Plato Copy Share Image
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast… — Plato Copy Share Image
Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own. — Plato Copy Share Image
“You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender… — Plato Copy Share Image
“...each living creature is said to be alive and to be the same individual-- as for example someone is said to be… — Plato Copy Share Image
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. — Plato Copy Share Image
The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion. — Plato Copy Share Image
“not exact, but: the two most important questions are; who will teach the children? what they teach them?” — Plato Copy Share Image
Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life. — Plato Copy Share Image
“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be… — Plato Copy Share Image
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Tell us what complaint you have to make against us which justifies you in attempting to destroy us and the State? In… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Cookery simulates the disguise of medicine, and pretends to know what food is the best for the body; and if the physician… — Plato Copy Share Image
But at three, four, five, and even six years the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid… — Plato Copy Share Image
Each living creature is said to be alive and to be the same individual - as for example someone is said to… — Plato Copy Share Image
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid… — Plato Copy Share Image
Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the… — Plato Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls. — Plato Copy Share Image
“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is… — Plato Copy Share Image
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to… — Plato Copy Share Image
For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm… — Plato Copy Share Image
“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable… — Plato Copy Share Image