No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
SOCRATESBe slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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