Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
SOCRATESRemember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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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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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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