If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
SOCRATESWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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To be is to do.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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