Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
SOCRATESNo 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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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To be is to do.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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