Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
SOCRATESMankind 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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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