Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
SOCRATESLet him who would move the world first move himself.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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