The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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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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