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

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

-- Plato

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

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Similarly with regard to truth, won't we say that a soul is maimed if it hates a voluntary falsehood, cannot endure to have one in itself, and is greatly angered when it exists in others, but is nonetheless content to accept an involuntary falsehood, isn't angry when it is caught being ignorant, and bears its lack of learning easily, wallowing in it like a pig?

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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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Courage is knowing what no to fear.

-- Plato

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