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Matt’s Quotes

Socrates
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Socrates
tags: inspiration, truth, wisdom
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Friedrich Nietzsche
“What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
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Kahlil Gibran
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
tags: philosophy, poetry
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Albert Camus
“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus
tags: human-nature, man, mankind, philosophy
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Jonathan Swift
“May you live every day of your life.”
― Jonathan Swift
tags: inspirational, life, philosophy, wisdom
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