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“The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.”
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#Truth Quotes
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“Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.”
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“There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.”
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#Love Quotes
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“How to get rid of having anything to unlearn.”
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Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 7),
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“Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.”
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Source : "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by Diogenes Laërtius,
#Inspirational Quotes
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“The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.”
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Source : "Discourses of Epictetus". Book by Arrian, I, 17,
#Clarity Quotes
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“When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.”
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“It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.”
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Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 3),
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“We weed out the darnel from the corn and the unfit in war, but do not excuse evil men from the service of the state.”
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“It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead , in the other case while alive .”
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Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 4),
#Fall Quotes
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“States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.”
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Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 5),
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“As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.”
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“Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.”
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“I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.”
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Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 3),
#Mad Quotes
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“It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.”
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#Life Quotes
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“The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself.”
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“To all my friends without distinction I am ready to display my opulence: come one, come all; and whosoever likes to take a share is welcome to the wealth that lies within my soul.”
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Source : "Symposium" by Xenophon, (iv. 35),
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“We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.”
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Antisthenes
Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Pp. 779-80, 1922.
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“Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.”
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#Happiness Quotes
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“I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.”
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Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers (Book 6: The Cynics)". Book by Diogenes Laertius, circa 200 AD.
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“Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.”
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“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”
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Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers (§ 12)". Book by Diogenes Laertius, circa 200 AD.
#Business Quotes
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“As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.”
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Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers (§ 5)". Book by Diogenes Laertius, circa 200 AD.
#Anger Quotes
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“The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil.”
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