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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Socrates

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Confidence Man Marriage Sex Virgin
Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Character One Liner Pride Vanity
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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Cheer Death Evil Goodness Happen Man Truth
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Contentment Greedy Satisfaction
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Decide Deliver Enable Inspirational Instinct Poet Poetry Wisdom
Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Honesty Necessary True Truth
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Debate Failure Loser Lost Slander
When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Bad Breathe Insight Wisdom
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Adversity Depression Human Prosperity Remember Stable
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Knowledge One Liner True Wisdom
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Evil Include Language Misuse One Liner Soul
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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Death Fear Gentlemen Oneself Thinking Wise
There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Confidence Inspirational One Liner Problem Seek Solution Trouble
The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Enjoyment Life Live Principle
Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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Die Except God Hour
Wisdom begins in wonder.
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One Liner Wisdom Wonder

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