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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.

Socrates

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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Conception Emotional Illusion Moral Relative Sound System True Value Vulgar
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Confidence Man Marriage Sex Virgin
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Ashamed Care Fame Improvement Money Prestige Soul Truth Wisdom
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
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Intelligence Knowledge Wisdom
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Content Minimalism Nature Rich Wealth
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
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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Alter Change Death Freedom Law Life Mind Obligation Pain Pretend Reality Trouble
An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Consider Inspirational Life Live One Liner Worth
A 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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Fight Justice Man Private Public Survive Time
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
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Deep Eat Funny Live One Liner
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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Alter Change Death Freedom Law Life Mind Obligation Pain Pretend Reality Trouble
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
The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Beginning One Liner Positive Wisdom
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Dead Deep Desire Hate Inspirational One Liner

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