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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.

Socrates

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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Persist
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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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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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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