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.
SOCRATESIn all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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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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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.
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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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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To be is to do.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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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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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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