Category: philosopher
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To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’
Lao Tzu
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Francis Bacon
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To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
Plato
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao Tzu
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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
Diogenes
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Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
Plato
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It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
Socrates
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.
Jean de la Bruyere