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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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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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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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from 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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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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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To be is to do.
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