Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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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.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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