"To begin with the wine jar in..." - Quote by Plato
To begin with the wine jar in learning the potter's art.
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“Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.”
“A nation will prosper to the degree that it honors it's teachers.”
“Is it not the excess and greed of this and the neglect of all other things that revolutionizes this constitution too and prepares the way for the necessity of a dictatorship?”
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“At eight or nine, I suppose intelligence is no more than a small spot of light on the floor of a large and murky room.”
“One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.”
“We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character.”
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“Your good mother tells me you are feeling very badly in your new situation. Allow me to assure you it is a perfect certainty that you will, very soon, feel better - quite happy - if you only stick to the resolution you have taken to procure a military education.... On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.”
“Books showed me there were possibilities in life, that there were actually people like me living in a world I could not only aspire to but attain. Reading gave me hope. For me, it was the open door.”
“I am not willing to be drawn further into the toils. I cannot accede to the acceptance of gifts upon terms which take the educational policy of the university out of the hands of the Trustees and Faculty and permit it to be determined by those who give money.”