One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
SOCRATESThe misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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 highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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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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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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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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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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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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