In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
SOCRATESAll men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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