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Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.
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An honest man is always a child. [Lat., Semper bonus homo tiro est.]
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Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death
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There are beds and tables in the world - plenty of them, are there not? But there are only two ideas or forms of them - one the idea of a bed, the other of a table.
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True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.
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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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We shall be better, braver, and more active if we believe it right to look for what we don't know.
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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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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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I am that gadfly which God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching you.
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Happiness is unrepented pleasure.
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No one does wrong voluntarily.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.
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One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them.
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Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.
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The partisan when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.
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How many things I can do without!
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I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you.
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