Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
SOCRATESThe true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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To be is to do.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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