Help with a quote-- Plato? NO

I need help identifying the person who is credited for this quote..

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark: the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light"..

Many attribute this interesting quote to Plato, many object thereof however they cannot id the person responsible..

I have not found the quote in any of my many reference books or notes..

Some attributed the quote to Robin Sharma. however nothing I can find to support said claims.

Appreciate the efforts and reply's..
TIA

Best regards
CCJ

Sources indicate the author is Plato.

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/plato121792.html

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Keep writing and before long, you'll have your own set of quotes.

Click below. You will find support and lack thereof for Plato. Turn on your wayback machine and see what you can find that way is probably the best option.

Nemo

https://www.google.com/search?q="We...+are+afraid+of+the+light"..&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Nightmare said:

I believe that G00gle serves results based on your search history. I avoid G00gle to the extent possible and do not use it as a general purpose search engine. Your link's second return is, "Nope, this quote is not from Plato - Ian Chadwick." The sixth is from Mesa, AZ, Community College, as above.

A dinner table question recently, among a bunch of gray-heads, was, "Does having the WWW's facts available make people smarter." The consensus was no. Post-modern knowledge and evaluative skills are shallow and brittle.

To the instant point, anyone familiar with Plato will recognize the misattribution.

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Ah, those who are the trier of facts...or where they come from...the all knowing consensus.

A consensus typically agrees that having more facts stuffed into you noodle does indeed make one prone to being more smarter.

i believe....empirically trust worthy as the gospel...

what follows after those two words is to be taken as absolute truth...

then 'i believe' the subject be filled under 'W' ~ who cares!

ipse