The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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