I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
SOCRATESYour 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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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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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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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