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Plato quotes about kindness

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Plato quote: "The most effective kind of education is that a child should..."
The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things. Plato
[there are] two kinds of things the nature of which it would be quite wonderful to grasp by means of a systematic art...the first consists in seeing together things that are scattered about everywhere and collecting them into one kind, so that by defining each thing we can make clear the subject of any instruction we wish to give...[the second], in turn, is to be able to cut up each kind according to its species along its natural joints, and to try not to splinter any part, as a bad butcher... Plato
All the same, we ought to point out that if the kinds of poetry and representation which are designed merely to give pleasure can come up with a rational argument for their inclusion in a well-governed community, we'd be delighted -- short of compromising the truth as we see it, which wouldn't be right -- to bring them back from exile: after all, we know from our own experience all about their spell. I mean haven't you ever fallen under the spell of poetry, Glaucon, especially when the... Plato
Plato quote: "Be kind, becuae everyone is having a really hard time."
Be kind, becuae everyone is having a really hard time. Plato
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. Plato
Plato quote: "Courage is a kind of salvation. Courage is knowing what not to..."
Courage is a kind of salvation. Courage is knowing what not to fear. Plato
Plato quote: "Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle."
Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. Plato
Plato quote: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. Plato
Plato quote: "Courage is a kind of salvation."
Courage is a kind of salvation. Plato
Plato quote: "Are not they temperate from a kind of intemperance?"
Are not they temperate from a kind of intemperance? Plato

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