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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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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 p...more

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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

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...[T]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... [a]nd to live well means the same thing as to live honourably or rightly...

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...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away...

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...[Y]ou know very well the truth of what I [say]... I have incurred a great deal of bitter hostility; and this is what will bring about my destructio...more

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