All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
SOCRATESIf all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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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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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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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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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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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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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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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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