Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
SOCRATESThe easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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