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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.	Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.	Plato
Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from pl	Plato
Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthl	Plato
Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.	Plato
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.	Plato
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.	Plato
No human thing is of serious importance.	Plato
Perfect wisdom has four parts- Wisdom, the principle doing things a right. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of	Plato
Philosophy is the highest music.	Plato
Punishment brings wisdom; it is the healing art of wickedness.	Plato
The beginning is the most important part of the work.	Plato
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.	Plato
The greatest penalty of evildoing - namely, to grow into the likeness of bad men.	Plato
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.	Plato