Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
SOCRATESEnvy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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