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.
SOCRATESWisdom begins in wonder.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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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 a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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