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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.

Socrates

To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Change Inspirational One Liner Ourself
I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Believe Excellence Human Intelligence Oneself
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
We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Character Improvement One Liner Seek
One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Forgiveness Insult Man Respect Return Treat Wrong
Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Character One Liner Pride Vanity
An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Consider Inspirational Life Live One Liner Worth
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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Improvement Inspirational Labor Men Time Writing Yourself
Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Beautiful Inspirational Live One Liner
God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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Beautiful Divine Doubt God Human Indicate Man Poem Poet Work
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Adversity Depression Human Prosperity Remember Stable
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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Goodness Inspirational Saddle Struggle Tame
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
The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Advantage Attitude Be Yourself Myself Self Love
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
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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Decide Deliver Enable Inspirational Instinct Poet Poetry Wisdom

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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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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