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How many things are there which I do not want.
Socrates
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When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and when again under the influence of its kindred desires it is moved with violent motion towards the beauty of corporeal forms, it acquires a surname from this very violent motion, and is called love.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.
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Aren't you ashamed to be concerned so much about making all the money you can and advancing your reputation and prestige, while for truth and wisdom and the improvement of your souls you have no thought or car?
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When you want success as badly as you want the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret of success.
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It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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All I know is that I do not know anything
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If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.
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I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things.
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Knowledge is our ultimate good.
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Just as you ought not to attempt to cure eyes without head or head without body, so you should not treat body without soul.
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