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“Those wretches who never have experienced the sweets of wisdom…” quote by Plato — Download Open image

“Those wretches who never have experienced the sweets of wisdom and virtue, but spend all their time in revels and debauches, sink downward day after day, and make their whole life one continued series of errors.”

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