The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Plutarch. "Περὶ παίδων ἀγωγῆς [On the Education of Children]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

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I came, I saw, I conquered.

Julius Caesar

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Caesar, Julius. Quoted in "Julius Caesar." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 50, sect. 2.

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Caesar, Julius. Quoted in "Julius Caesar." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 50, sect. 2.

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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.