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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

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
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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Alone Beast God Healing Himself Self Love Society Sufficient
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
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
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
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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Forever Greedy Human Nature Suffering
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Evil Good Ignorance Knowledge
It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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Avoid Death Difficult Ignorance Run Wicked
There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Evil Greatness Hate Reason Suffering
We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Character Improvement One Liner Seek
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Debate Failure Loser Lost Slander
The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be Yourself Greatness Honor Myself Pretend World
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Envy One Liner Soul
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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Believe God Religion
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
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Knowledge One Liner True Wisdom

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