There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
SOCRATESPrefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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 highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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