Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
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There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle Know thyself and Nothing too much and upon these all other precepts depend.Plutarch
The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him.
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Socrates said, 'Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.'
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A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, 'Was she not chaste Was she not fair Was she not fruitful' holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. 'Yet,' added he, 'none of you can tell where it pinches me.'
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Philosophy is the art of living.
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