Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

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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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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.

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Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . comes from virtue.

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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.

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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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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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True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.

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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

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