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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.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
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I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
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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.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
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Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.
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Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
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Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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.