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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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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

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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 man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

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

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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

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For once touched by love, everyone becomes a poet

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A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his senses and his reason h...more

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

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All learning has an emotional base.

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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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Of all animals the boy is the most unmanageable.

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The Muse herself makes some men inspired, from whom a chain of other men is strung out who catch their own inspiration from theirs.

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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