Plato
c. 428–348 BC. Founder of the Academy in Athens and author of the dialogues.
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The first and best win is over yourself.
"the first and best of victories ... which each man gains or sustains at the hands, not of another, but of himself"
Plato, Laws 626e, Benjamin Jowett, 1892
The start is the most important part of the work.
"the beginning is the most important part of any work"
Plato, Republic 377a, Benjamin Jowett, 1892
Touched by love, everyone becomes a poet.
"at the touch of him every one becomes a poet, even though he had no music in him before"
Plato, Symposium 196e, Benjamin Jowett, 1892