It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
SOCRATESBe 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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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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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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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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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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