Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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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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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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