He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
SOCRATESThe only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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