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.
SOCRATESThe easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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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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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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