From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
SOCRATESWealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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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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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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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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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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