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Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
Greek author & philosopher in Athens [more author details]

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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.: Plato, The Republic
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Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.: Plato, The Republic
Necessity, who is the mother of invention.: Plato, The Republic
The beginning is the most important part of the work.: Plato, The Republic
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.: Plato, The Republic
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The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.: Plato, The Republic
The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.: Plato, The Republic
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There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, and a third which imitates them.: Plato, The Republic
Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.: Plato, The Republic
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When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.: Plato, The Republic
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