One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
SOCRATESPrefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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