The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
SOCRATESNo 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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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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 a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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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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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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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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