If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
SOCRATESOne should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily 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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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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