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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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To be is to do.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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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.
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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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