Plato

Life must be lived as play. ↗

— Plato

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Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. ↗

— Plato

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The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery. ↗

— Plato

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We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise. ↗

— Plato

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Democracy passes into despotism. ↗

— Plato

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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. ↗

— Plato

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Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. ↗

— Plato

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Necessity... the mother of invention. ↗

— Plato

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Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. ↗

— Plato

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The beginning is the most important part of the work. ↗

— Plato

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