One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
SOCRATESHe 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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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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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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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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