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.
SOCRATESLife contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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