By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
SOCRATESIt 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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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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 only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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