It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
SOCRATESA man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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