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epigrammatist Classical Athens

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[Wikidata] 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher... | [Wikipedia] Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition. An innovator of the literary dialogue and dialectic forms, Plato influenced all the major areas of theoretical philosophy and practical philosop

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• More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else. Accomplished
• Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the… Aright
• Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated. All
• A good education consists in knowing how to sing and dance well. Consists
• As there are misanthropists or haters of men, so also are there misologists, or haters of ideas. Haters
• The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion. Any
• Democracy does not contain any force which will check the constant tendency to put more and more on the public payroll. The state is like… Any
• By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him… Citizen
• Pleasure is the bait of sin Bait
• Excellent things are rare. Excellence
• Courage is knowing what to fear. Courage
• And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something… Belonging
• The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way. All
• I will prove by my life that my critics are liars. Critics
• You cannot conceive the many without the one. Cannot Conceive
• That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed. Care
• As it is, lovers of inquiry must follow their beloved wherever it may lead. Beloved
• Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Beauty
• The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind, yet the mind and the body… Attempt
• If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility. Best
• Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education. Any
• Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or from cowardice fall behind. Ancestor
• To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous. Any
• A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to… All
• When the music changes, the walls of the city shake. Changes

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