Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
SOCRATESSometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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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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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The 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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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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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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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