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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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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Beautiful Man Peace Soul
The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Alone Champion Himself Intend Justice Leaving Life Necesaary Politics Survive True
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Artificial Contentment Deep Luxury Natural Poverty Wealth
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Except FAction Ignorance Learning One Liner
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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Ashamed Care Fame Improvement Money Prestige Soul Truth Wisdom
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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Goodness Inspirational Saddle Struggle Tame
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Debate Failure Loser Lost Slander
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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Conception Emotional Illusion Moral Relative Sound System True Value Vulgar
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Divine Immortal Men Peace Soul
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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Blessing Goodness Individual State Wealth
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Adversity Depression Human Prosperity Remember Stable
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Capacity Development-q Enjoyment Finding Happiness Secret Seek
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Average Discuss Ideas Judgement Mind People Strong
Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Honesty Necessary True Truth
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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Decide Deliver Enable Inspirational Instinct Poet Poetry Wisdom
When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Bad Breathe Insight Wisdom

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