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The universe really is motion & nothing else.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good use—of other things, and since knowledge is what provides this goodness of use and also good fortune, every man must, as seems plausible, prepare himself by every means for this: to be as wise as possible. Right?
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The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.
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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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Our lives are but specks of dust falling through the fingers of time. Like sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
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An honest man is always a child. [Lat., Semper bonus homo tiro est.]
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God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on.
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If thou continuous to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men.
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He is the richest who is content with the least.
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Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
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I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.
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True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.
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Creation is man's immortality and brings him nearest to the gods.
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Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth.
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Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Happiness is unrepented pleasure.
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Not I, but the city teaches.
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The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.
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May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.
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