Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
SOCRATESEducation is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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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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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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 greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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