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Plato
“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.”
“If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.”
“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no...
“Writing is the geometry of the soul. ”
“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early ed...
“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward ...
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
“Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State al...
“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all th...
“No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself”
“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 ...
“In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ...
“I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks...
“True friendship can exist only between equals.”
“That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effect...
“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
“You should not honor men more than truth.”
“The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to...
“Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know wha...
“He was a wise man who invented God.”
