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Plato

This document contains 21 quotes attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Some of the quotes discuss learning through play rather than conversation, the importance of the beginning of a work, and knowing that every person faces struggles. Other quotes reference music giving soul to the universe, thinking as the soul talking to itself, and the direction of one's education determining their future life path.

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Plato

This document contains 21 quotes attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Some of the quotes discuss learning through play rather than conversation, the importance of the beginning of a work, and knowing that every person faces struggles. Other quotes reference music giving soul to the universe, thinking as the soul talking to itself, and the direction of one's education determining their future life path.

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Plato

1. You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of
conversation.
2. The beginning is the most important part of the work.
3. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
4. Knowledge is the food of the soul.
5. Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion and
knowledge.
6. Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the Universe, wings to the Mind, flight to
the Imagination, and charm and gaiety to Life and to Everything.
7. Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in
others.
8. Thinking… the talking of the soul with itself.
9. Let your children’s lessons take the form of play. You will learn more about
their natural abilities that way.
10. Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress… no matter how
slow.
11. Love is the joy of the Good, the wonder of the Wise, the amazement of
the Gods.
12. Books give a soul to the Universe, wings to the Mind, flight to the
Imagination, and Life to Everything.
13. We do not learn, and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
14. The object of education is to teach us to love Beauty.
15. The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in
life.
16. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they
have to say something.
17. 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.
18. The measure of a man is what he does with power.
19. The key is not to live but to live well.
20. He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
21. Courage is knowing what not to fear.

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