Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
SOCRATESWisdom begins in wonder.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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