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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

Socrates

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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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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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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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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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.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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