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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Socrates

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
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Blessing Death Greatness Human One Liner
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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Answer Average Experience Individual Intelligence People Stupidity
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
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Achievement Desire Dreamss Heart Life Tragedy
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Debate Failure Loser Lost Slander
Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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Blessing Goodness Individual State Wealth
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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Contentment Depart Equality Misfortune
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Improvement Labor Men Writing Yourself
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Intelligence Knowledge Wisdom
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
Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Deep Inspirational Knowledge Success
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Constant Fall Friendship
Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Action Inspirational One Liner Patience Pleasure Price
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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Arrive Death Departure Die God Life Separate
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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