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"The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be." -
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Top 5 quotes from Socrates
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
"Let him that would move the world first move himself."
"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers."
"Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty."
"As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will; he will be sure to repent it."
Top 5 quotes from Virtue
"I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character!"
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
"There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle."
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"
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