He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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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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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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