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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.
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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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I call that man idle who might be better employed.
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Men of Athens, I honor and love you but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy.
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People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.
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Laws are not made for the good.
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I am very conscious that I am not wise at all.
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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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The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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It seems that God took away the minds of poets that they might better express His.
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Anybody can be a hellene, by his heart, his mind, his spirit.
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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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Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.
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Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth
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The understanding of mathematics is necessary for a sound grasp of ethics.
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Has a philosopher like you failed to discover that our country is more to be valued and higher and holier far than mother or father or any ancestor, and more to be regarded in the eyes of the gods and of men of understanding?
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An honest man is always a child.
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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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The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.
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