A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
SOCRATESHe 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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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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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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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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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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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