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For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. Plato
Man First Noblest Himself Victories Conquer
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others. Plato
Love Great Own Others Those Neither Only Becoming Nor Intend Done Just Happens Whether Themselves Should Who Things
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Aristotle
Religion Other Apprehensive Side Consider Tyrant Ruler Easily Must Uncommon He Put Devotion Him His Hand Subjects Pious Gods Move Against Less Illegal Appearance Whom Believing Treatment
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. Aristotle
People Tyrant Both Arms Mistrust Them Deprive Therefore
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others. Diogenes
Wine Others Drink Like Most Belongs
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope. Epictetus
Life Hope Brainy Our Anchor Ship Should
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another. Epicurus
God Evil Men Would Perished Another Prayers Praying Quickly Forever Listened Against
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. Hippocrates
Knowledge Ignorance Science Latter Fact Opinion Begets In Fact Former Things Two
True teachers use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own. Nikos Kazantzakis
Own Collapse Cross Crossing Having Students True Invite Over Joyfully Encouraging Which Them Themselves Then Create Use Teachers Bridges
How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state? Plato
Thoughts You Sleeping State Our Dream Talking Another How Prove Waking Whether Moment Awake
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. Plato
Life Death Good Man Good Man Evil A Good Man Happen After Either
Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided. Aristotle
Good Character Impossible Men Whatever Believe Think Others Good Men Exact More Divided Absolutely Generally True Spoken Make Him Readily Opinions Question Than Personal Achieved Where Us Persuasion Speaker Certainty Fully Credible Speech
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Epictetus
Reputation Difficulty More Greater Glory Pilots Storms Gain Skillful
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor. Euripides
Food Man Rich No Difference He Makes Stomach Difference Whether Poor Full
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. Plato
Good Will Master He Who Servant
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it. Socrates
Man Wealth He Until Employs Known Proud How Praised His Should
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. Thucydides
Vision Before Meet Danger Alike Those Out Clearest Surely Glory Go Bravest Them Notwithstanding Who
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Aeschylus
Attitude Character Envy Honor Men Few Without Friend Very Few Men Who
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. Aristotle
Jealousy Good Good Things Envy Men Other Neighbour Both Through Allow Himself Makes Does His Get While Them Reasonable Base Things Belongs
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. Aristotle
Other Virtues Those Most Greatest Which Persons Useful
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. Aristotle
Life Art Living Gave Honored Those More Only Well Educate Than Children Them Produce Who
Much learning does not teach understanding. Heraclitus
Learning Understanding Does Much Teach
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. Plato
Love Good Wise Love Is Joy Amazement Wonder Gods
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. Plutarch
Friendship Change Better Changes Shadow Nod Does Friend Much Who Need
Let him that would move the world first move himself. Socrates
World First Would Him Himself Move
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart. Socrates
People Own Everyone Must Would Would-Be Take Misfortunes Most Equal Contented Were Heap Depart Common Whence Laid Portion
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