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Sense experience is false

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Plato

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Know yourself

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Socrates

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When you see a worthy man, seek to imitate him; when you see an unworthy man, examine yourself

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Confucius

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He who fills his lamp with water will not dispell the darkness

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Buddha

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We do not copy our neighbors- we are an example to them.

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Pericles

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A wise man makes demands on himself, a vulgar man makes demands on others.

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Confucius

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All men seek the good

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Plato

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All wrong doing is done in ignorance

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Plato

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He who recognizes the existence of suffering; it’s cause, and it’s remedy, has fathomed the truth. He will walk a path which leads to peace and wisdom and right intentions will be his guide

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Buddha

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Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding.

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Solomon

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10
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The source of all virtue is knowledge

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Plato

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A wise man seeks virtue, a vulgar man seeks land

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Confucius

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A wise man seeks justice, a vulgar man seeks favors

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Confucius

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Numberless wonders walk the world, but none the match for man

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Sophocles

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14
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We are lovers of the beautiful… And yet we are strong

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Pericles

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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, I am a citizen of the world

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Socrates

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Vicious acts are done involuntarily

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Plato

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Virtue gives men an inner core of happiness which cannot be taken away

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Socrates

18
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The master said: reciprocity: what you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others

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Confucius

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Societies will achieve political and civil harmony only when individuals achieve moral harmony

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Confucius

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All things are numbers. All things that are beautiful are subject to the power of number

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Pythagoras

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Detach yourself from sense perception and learn to depend on pure thinking

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Plato

22
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A brick is a brick

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Aristotle

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All knowledge is gained from the senses

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Aristotle

24
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I know only that I know nothing

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Socrates

25
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The most important activity of man is to seek the truth

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Socrates

26
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Let him who would move the world, first move himself

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Socrates

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The “REAL” world is a world of IDEAS existing outside of space and time

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Plato

28
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We cultivate our minds, and our bodies

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Pericles

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Happiest is he who is content with the least

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Socrates

30
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Ideas are the source of all things

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Plato

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