Every action has its pleasures and its price.
SOCRATESThe misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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No 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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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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