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Results from Cole's Quotables:

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Laws
The beginning is the most important part of the work.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
Necessity, who is the mother of invention.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

But, my dearest Agathon, it is truth which you cannot contradict; you can without any difficulty contradict Socrates.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), in Symposium
Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)

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