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The unexamined life is not

The unexamined life is not worth living to a human.
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You are providing for your

You are providing for your disciples a show of wisdom without the reality. For, acquiring by your means much information unaided by instruction, they will appear to possess much knowledge, while, in fact, they will, for the most part, know nothing at all; and, moreover, be disagreeable people to deal with, as having become wise in their own conceit, instead of truly wise.
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The greatest way to live

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

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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By all means marry. If

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher… and that is a good thing for any man.
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The children now love luxury;

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
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Remember, no human condition is

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
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I only wish that ordinary

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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Once made equal to man,

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Give me beauty in the

Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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