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Shelby’s Quotes

“Character is simply habit long continued.”
― Plato

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“Books are immortal sons defying their sires.”
― Plato

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“If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.”
― Plato, The Republic

tags: abilities, empowerment, equality, gender, instruction, jobs, men, skills, women, work

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“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”
― Plato, The Republic

tags: government, inferiority, politics, rule

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“Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures.”
― Plato

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Year of Cosmere — 522 members — last activity Jan 01, 2023 10:18AM
Throughout 2015, we will be hosting read-a-longs for all of Brandon Sanderson's novels, novellas, and short stories that take place within his fiction ...more

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Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more

Perustopia Book Club — 16606 members — last activity Jun 26, 2025 12:33AM
Hello everybody! Regan and I are teaming up and decided to make a book club where we can all read awesome books together each month! We will also hav ...more

BooktubeSFF Awards — 1686 members — last activity Jun 01, 2021 12:01PM
A group for discussing the BooktubeSFF Awards and associated readalongs. To learn more about the awards have a look at the website: http://booktubesff ...more

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