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Plato

Plato (Greek: , Plátōn, "broad"428/427 BC – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece. He was also a mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
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Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.
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States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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