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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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.

-- Plato

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Looking for the good of our fellow find ours. –

-- Plato

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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?

-- Plato

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

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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. –

-- Plato

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

-- Plato

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