Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
SOCRATESOne who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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To be is to do.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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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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