The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
SOCRATESWhen the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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