As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
SOCRATESMy plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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