Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
SOCRATESThe secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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We 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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Be as you wish to seem.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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