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"God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order that we who hear them may know them to be speaking not of themselves who utter these priceless words in a state of unconsciousness, but that God himself is the speaker, and that through them he is conversing with us."

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."

"My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves."

"Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state."

"No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils."
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