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.

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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.

-- Plato

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If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. –

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The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

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Either death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another....Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night.

-- Plato

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Enjoy life. There’s plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

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As there are misanthropists or haters of men, so also are there misologists or haters of ideas. –

-- Plato

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