One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
SOCRATESIt is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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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.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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