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.
SOCRATESContentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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