Socrates
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Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
""Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others."
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Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
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