Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
SOCRATESTo 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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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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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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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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