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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

God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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Beautiful Divine Doubt God Human Indicate Man Poem Poet Work
I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Believe Excellence Human Intelligence Oneself
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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Answer Average Experience Individual Intelligence People Stupidity
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
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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Die Except God Hour
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Blessing Death Greatness Human One Liner
There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Confidence Inspirational One Liner Problem Seek Solution Trouble
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Debate Failure Loser Lost Slander
Wisdom begins in wonder.
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One Liner Wisdom Wonder
Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Couple Deep Discuss Relationship Speak
An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Consider Inspirational Life Live One Liner Worth
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Goodness Inspirational Life One Liner Value
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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Account Evil Himself Injured Injustice Journey Man Return Suffering
The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Advantage Attitude Be Yourself Myself Self Love
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Life Ourself Realize Understand Wisdom World
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
Be as you wish to seem.
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Attitude Be Yourself One Liner Self Love
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Divine Immortal Men Peace Soul
To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Finding Freedom Healing Self Love Yourself
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
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
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Dead Deep Desire Hate Inspirational One Liner
Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Beautiful Man Peace Soul
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Capacity Development-q Enjoyment Finding Happiness Secret Seek
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Crush Improvement Wisdom Yourself
Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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Knowledge Wealth
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Constant Fall Friendship

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