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.
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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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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To be is to do.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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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