By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
SOCRATESIf 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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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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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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