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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.

Socrates

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Blessing Death Evil Fear Greatness Knowledge Man
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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Beautiful Divine Doubt God Human Indicate Man Poem Poet Work
Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Deep Healing Love Need One Liner
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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Alter Change Death Freedom Law Life Mind Obligation Pain Pretend Reality Trouble
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.
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Bad Funny Goodness Happiness Marriage Philosophy Wife
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Evil Good Ignorance Knowledge
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Knowledge Philosophy Teaching Thinking
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Contentment Greedy Satisfaction
There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Evil Greatness Hate Reason Suffering
Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Honesty Necessary True Truth
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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Account Evil Himself Injured Injustice Journey Man Return Suffering
Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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Cheer Death Evil Goodness Happen Man Truth
There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Confidence Inspirational One Liner Problem Seek Solution Trouble
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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