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Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
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.
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
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It is impossible to love and to be wise.
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The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
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