The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
SOCRATESRemember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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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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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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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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