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Socrates quotes selection.

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  "If you want to be wrong then follow the masses."  "Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom."  "The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."  "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser."  "Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto."  "Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual."  "I call myself a Peaceful Warrior... because the battles we fight are on the inside."  "When you want success as badly as you want the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret of success."  "Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity, sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practise daily these eighteen "ities" You will ...
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Diogenes quotes selection.

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“The mob is the mother of tyrants.” “He has the most who is most content with the least.” “Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.” "I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?" "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."  "People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer." “Stand out of my light.” (Said to Alexander the Great.) “I am looking for an honest man.” (While carrying a lantern in daylight.) “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” “Wise leaders generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.” “Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.” “The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.” “I threw away my cup when I saw a child drinking from his hands.” “What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.” “Most m...
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