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I decided that it was

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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Bad men live that they

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
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I do nothing but go

I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.
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I am not an Athenian

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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Remember that there is nothing

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
👁️ 68

Do not do to others

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Remember what is unbecoming to

Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
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Envy is the ulcer of

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Get not your friends by

Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
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The only good is knowledge

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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