To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
SOCRATESSometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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 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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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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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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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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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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