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

Plutarch

Moralia

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Education

Author

Plutarch

Source

On the Educaiton of Children Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Italian/Latin

Time

100 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Historian Philosopher Writer

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Greece Europe Roman Empire

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Citation

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

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One more such victory over the Romans and we are lost.

Pyrrhus

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
Pyrrhic victory Victory
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Pyrrhus

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Biography
Statement Type
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Language
Greek
Time
279 BC 270s BC 3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 21, sect. 9.

Current Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 21, sect. 9.

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Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Untapped potential Human potential Genius Education

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1750 1750s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1750.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Moses

Exodus 2:22

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Exile
Speaker
Moses
Source
Exodus The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 2:22).