The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
SOCRATESIn all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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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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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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