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Wisest is he who knows he knows not.
Socrates
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An honest man is always a child. [Lat., Semper bonus homo tiro est.]
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All that I know is nothing - I'm not even sure of that.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad man.
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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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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on which they mightily fasten, imparting grace, and making the soul of him who is rightly educated graceful, or of him who is ill-educated ungraceful.
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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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It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.
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The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.
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