The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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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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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 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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