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The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks lamely through ...more

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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

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To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might ha...more

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Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

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No reproach for a person willing to give honorable service in the passion to become wise.

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No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life

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Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

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Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

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All learning has an emotional base.

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Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

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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...more

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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act

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Education isn't what some people declare it to be, namely, putting knowledge into souls that lack it, like putting sight into blind eyes...The power t...more

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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement;...more