The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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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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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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