Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
SOCRATESAll men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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The 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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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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