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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Socrates

In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Beast Dreamss Goodness Law Men Nature Sleep Wild
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
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Education Flame Kindness Learning Vessel
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
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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Death Fear Gentlemen Oneself Thinking Wise
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Afraid Children Darkness Depression Forgiveness Life Men Traged
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Intelligence Knowledge Wisdom
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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Account Evil Himself Injured Injustice Journey Man Return Suffering
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
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Angry Character Disappointment Hurt Respect
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Capacity Development-q Enjoyment Finding Happiness Secret Seek
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
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Constant Fall Friendship
I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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Comfortable Enjoyment Life Peace
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Beware Busy Life One Liner
Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Deep Healing Love Need One Liner

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