All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
SOCRATESNow the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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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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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.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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