Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
SOCRATESOne should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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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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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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