The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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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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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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It 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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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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To be is to do.
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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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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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