Plato Quotes

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated.

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• Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated.

  

  Plato
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  • Animals
  • Inasmush