Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
SOCRATESIt 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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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