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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.

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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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Alone Beast God Healing Himself Self Love Society Sufficient
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Evil Good Ignorance Knowledge
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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Cheer Death Evil Goodness Happen Man Truth
To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Change Inspirational One Liner Ourself
I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Believe God Religion
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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Die Except God Hour
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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Alter Change Death Freedom Law Life Mind Obligation Pain Pretend Reality Trouble
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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Alone Champion Himself Intend Justice Leaving Life Necesaary Politics Survive True
The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Beginning One Liner Positive Wisdom
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Contentment Depart Equality Misfortune
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Contentment Greedy Satisfaction
If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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Forever Greedy Human Nature Suffering
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Education Flame Kindness Learning Vessel
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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Arrive Death Departure Die God Life Separate
There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Confidence Inspirational One Liner Problem Seek Solution Trouble
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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Answer Average Experience Individual Intelligence People Stupidity
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Average Discuss Ideas Judgement Mind People Strong
The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Inspirational Life One Liner Truth Wisdom Worth
To be is to do.
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Gym Husstle Inspirational One Liner Possitive
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Constant Fall Friendship
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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Improvement Labor Men Writing Yourself
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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Alter Change Death Freedom Law Life Mind Obligation Pain Pretend Reality Trouble
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be Yourself Greatness Honour Live Pretend
Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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Knowledge Wealth
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Divine Immortal Men Peace Soul
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Debate Failure Loser Lost Slander
Wisdom begins in wonder.
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One Liner Wisdom Wonder

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