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Help, please! Despirately need the source for the Plato quote, "Can learn more in an hour of play than a day of conversation"

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naz777

A lot of people use the quote and attribute it to Plato, but no source.
I have major doubts that he ever said it or wrote it.

Plato said,
"You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a life-time of conversation."
http://www.prairienet.org/woods/team.html

"You can learn more about an individual during an hour of play than in a year of conversation." - Plato
http://www.westex.net/leiza/challeng.htm

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." - Plato
http://www.friendsofrecoveryvt.org/news/novnews.html

We can learn more in an hour of play than we can in a lifetime of work. - Plato
http://www.funlosophy.com/intro.html

Why do I doubt that Plato ever said that? For one thing, every word of his that comes down to us is written in the form of a conversation!

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Mr. Fussbudget

True wit is nature to advantage dressed,
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.