Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty o… - Plato

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Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.

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Plato (Πλάτων Plátōn; c. 427 BC – c. 347 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy (Akademia), the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

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Alternative Names: Plátōn • Platon • Aristocles • Αριστοκλής • Ἀριστοκλῆς

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