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"Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

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"Beauty is a short-lived tyranny."

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"Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind."

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"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

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"He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy."

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"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

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"Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

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"Beauty is a short-lived tyranny."

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"Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind."

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"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

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"He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy."

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"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

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"Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death."

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"Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence."

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"Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

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"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

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"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him."

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"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

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"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

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"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not, you'll become a philosopher."

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"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."

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"The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."

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"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."

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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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"I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing."

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"To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge."

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"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."

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"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."

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"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."

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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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"The unexamined life is not worth living."

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"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him."

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"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

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"As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent."

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"All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine."

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"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for."

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"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."

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"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."

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"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."

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"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

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"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for."

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"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not, you'll become a philosopher."

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"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

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"Wisdom begins in wonder."

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"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."

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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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"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."

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"Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

"Beauty is a short-lived tyranny."

"Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind."

"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

"He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy."

"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

"Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death."

"Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence."

"Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him."

"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not, you'll become a philosopher."

"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."

"The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."

"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."

"The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be."

"I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing."

"To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge."

"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."

"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."

"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him."

"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

"As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent."

"All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine."

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for."

"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."

"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."

"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."

"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for."

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not, you'll become a philosopher."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Wisdom begins in wonder."

"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."

"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."

"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."

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