The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
SOCRATESThere is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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 only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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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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