Let him who would move the world first move himself.
SOCRATESWealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at 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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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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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