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.
SOCRATESThe easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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