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All that I know is nothing - I'm not even sure of that.

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The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.
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Let us reflect in this way, too, that there is good hope that death is a blessing, for it is one of two things: either the dead are nothing and have no perception of anything, or it is, as we are told, a change and a relocation for the soul from here to another place.
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The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man.
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Regard your good name as the richest jewel yoou can possibly be possessed of.
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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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I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth living.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice.
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The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.
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To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.
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The greatest flood has the soonest ebb the sorest tempest the most sudden calm the hottest love the coldest end and from the deepest desire oftentimes ensues the deadliest hate.
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A free soul ought not to pursue any study slavishly, for nothing that is learned under compulsion stays with the mind.
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It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka areté), but excellence (aka areté) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings for men.
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If you would seek health, look first to the spine.
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Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.
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The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls.
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The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul.
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The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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