The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
SOCRATESIf 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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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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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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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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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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