We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
SOCRATESIn all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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