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Socrates
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates

Socrates
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Socrates

Seneca
“He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.”
Seneca, On Anger

Seneca
“Were all the geniuses of history to focus on this single theme, they could never fully express their bafflement at the darkness of the human mind. No person would give up even an inch of their estate, and the slightest dispute with a neighbor can mean hell to pay; yet we easily let others encroach on our lives—worse, we often pave the way for those who will take it over. No person hands out their money to passersby, but to how many do each of us hand out our lives! We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers.”
Seneca, On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It

Socrates
“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”
Socrates

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