The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.
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In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.
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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
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One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.
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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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