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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.

Socrates

The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Evil Include Language Misuse One Liner Soul
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Intelligence Knowledge Wisdom
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Constant Fall Friendship
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Death Excellence Goodness Individual Men Wealth
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Crush Improvement Wisdom Yourself
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Contentment Depart Equality Misfortune
Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Deep Healing Love Need One Liner
Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Character One Liner Pride Vanity
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Knowledge One Liner True Wisdom
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Confidence Man Marriage Sex Virgin
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Goodness Inspirational Life One Liner Value
Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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Blessing Goodness Individual State Wealth
Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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Alter Change Death Freedom Law Life Mind Obligation Pain Pretend Reality Trouble
It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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Beauty Body Careless Develop Disgrace Fitness Inspirational Limit Manner Strength
Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Beautiful Man Peace Soul
God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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Beautiful Divine Doubt God Human Indicate Man Poem Poet Work

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.

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