Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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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.
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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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To be is to do.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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