Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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