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Plato
Greek philosopher; b. -427; d. -347
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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Plato, The Republic, in Work and Recreation
The Republic (paperback)# · Unrated · submitted 1997 (updated 1999)
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Plato, The Republic, in Wisdom and Ignorance
# · Unrated · submitted 1997 (updated 1999)
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Plato, The Republic, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.
Plato, in Life and Death
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
Thinking is the soul talking to itself.
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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