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

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

Plutarch

Moralia · 100

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

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