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To find yourself, think for yourself.

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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Debate Failure Loser Lost Slander
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Angry Character Disappointment Hurt Respect
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Equality Man Superior Woman Women Empowerment
The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Attain Compassion Empire Impossible Kingdom Reach Understand
Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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Fools Kindness People Philosophy Wise
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Blessing Divine Gift Greatness Inspirational Madness Man Truth
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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Comfortable Enjoyment Life Peace
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Confidence Man Marriage Sex Virgin
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Constant Fall Friendship
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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Alter Change Death Freedom Law Life Mind Obligation Pain Pretend Reality Trouble
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Death Excellence Goodness Individual Men Wealth
Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Agriculture Ignorant Man Problem Wheat
Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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Knowledge Wealth
Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Beautiful Man Peace Soul
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Divine Immortal Men Peace Soul
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be Yourself Greatness Honour Live Pretend

To find yourself, think for yourself.

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