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Wisest is he who knows he knows not.
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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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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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I soon realized that poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets who also say many fine things without any understanding of what they say.
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If we pursue our habit of eating animals, and if our neighbour follows a similar path, will we need to go to war against our neighbour to secure greater pasturage, because ours will not be enough to sustain us, and our neighbour will have a similar need to wage war on us for the same reason.
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It is best and easiest not to discredit others but to prepare oneself to be as good as possible.
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