No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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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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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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 fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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