All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
SOCRATESThe children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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