The unexamined life is not worth living.
SOCRATESThe answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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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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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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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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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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To be is to do.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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