Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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