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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Socrates

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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Alter Change Death Freedom Law Life Mind Obligation Pain Pretend Reality Trouble
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Condition Depression Fortune Hard Time Human Joy Misfortune Permanent Remember Sorrow
When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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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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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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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 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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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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