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Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
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Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.
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The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.
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One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
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When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, And I sentenced them to stay at home.
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Lust is a strong tower of mischief, and hath in it many defenders, as neediness, anger, paleness, discord, love, and longing.
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The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
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No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.
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He was breakfasting in the marketplace, and the bystanders gathered round him with cries of dog. It is you who are dogs, cried he, when you stand round and watch me at my breakfast.
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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
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