The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
SOCRATESThe 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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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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To be is to do.
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It 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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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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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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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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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