Let him who would move the world first move himself.
SOCRATESWonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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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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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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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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