In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
SOCRATESSometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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