The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
SOCRATESThe greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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 find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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