My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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