
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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The noblest worship is to make yourself as good and as just as you can.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.
The examined life is the only life worth living.
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Knowing thyself is the height of wisdom.
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