The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
SOCRATESBy far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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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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To be is to do.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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