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.
SOCRATESThe secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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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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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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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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