Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
SOCRATESThe beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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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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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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 great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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