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"It is not living that matters, but living rightly."
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"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."
"When virtue has slept she will get up more refreshed."
"If you asked twenty good men to-day what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you asked almost any of the great Christians of old he would have replied, Love - You see what has happened? A negative term has been substituted for a positive, and this is of more than philological importance. The negative ideal of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point."
"Oh, my friends, that your self be in your deed as the mother is in her child - let that be your word concerning virtue!"
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"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."
"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."
"When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it."
"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."
"Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire the other is to get it."
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