We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
SOCRATESThe 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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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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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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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