The best of either sex should be united with the best as often as possible, and the worst with the worst as seldom as possible; and that the offspring of the former should be reared, and that of the second destroyed.
Philosopher, The Republic
Plato's Republic V, 459d-460b, outlining his eugenics program
c. 375 BCE
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