The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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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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