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| Let him that would move the world, first move himself. | | Uncategorized | |
| Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. | | Uncategorized | |
| Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing. | | Living | |
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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. | | Uncategorized | |
| My belief is that to have no wants is divine | | Belief | |
| Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak. | | Uncategorized | |
| No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades- that of government | | Uncategorized | |
| Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. | | Life | |
| Nothing is to be preferred before justice. | | Justice | |
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| One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. | | Uncategorized | |
| One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him. | | Uncategorized | |
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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. | | Uncategorized | |
| Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. | | Prayer | |
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| Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. | | Uncategorized | |
| Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. | | Uncategorized | |
