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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.
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There are a great many of these accusers, and they have been accusing me now for a great many years, and what is more, they approached you at the most impressionable age, when some of you were children or adolescents and literally won their case by default, because there was no one to defend me.
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To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
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wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state
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The universe really is motion & nothing else.
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My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves
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There is a doctrine whispered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door and run away this is a great mystery which I do not quite understand.
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Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth.
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The end of life is to be like unto God and the soul following God, will be like unto Him He being the beginning, middle, and end of all things.
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Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Happiness is unrepented pleasure.
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True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.
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Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.
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One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man.
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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 know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. For a man who claims to have knowledge, while actually knowing nothing, is less smarter than you, who claim to know nothing.
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In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine.
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Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
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