Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
SOCRATESIn all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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