...[W]hen death comes to a man, the mortal part of him dies, but the immortal part retires at the approach of death and escapes unharmed and indestructible... [I]t is as certain as anything can be... that soul is immortal and imperishable, and that our souls will really exist in the next world.


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I thought to myself, 'I am wiser than this man: neither of us knows anything that is really worthwhi...
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I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are ...
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My belief is that to have no wants is divine
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If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep...
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It is necessary that one who really and truly fights for the right, if he is to survive even for a s...
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Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what...
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you ne...
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