The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
SOCRATESGive me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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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 kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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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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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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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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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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