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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.

Socrates

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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Avoid Death Difficult Ignorance Run Wicked
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Evil Include Language Misuse One Liner Soul
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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Blessing Goodness Individual State Wealth
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Achievement Desire Dreamss Heart Life Tragedy
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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Bad Character Express Fault Harm Language Oneself Soul
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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Alone Beast God Healing Himself Self Love Society Sufficient
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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Alone Champion Himself Intend Justice Leaving Life Necesaary Politics Survive True
In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Beast Dreamss Goodness Law Men Nature Sleep Wild
Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Couple Deep Discuss Relationship Speak
There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Evil Greatness Hate Reason Suffering
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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Account Evil Himself Injured Injustice Journey Man Return Suffering
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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Enjoyment Life Live Principle
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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Beautiful Divine Doubt God Human Indicate Man Poem Poet Work
A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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Fight Justice Man Private Public Survive Time
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Death Fear Gentlemen Oneself Thinking Wise
Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Deep Inspirational Knowledge Success

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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