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You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
Know thyself.: Thales (635 BC - 543 BC), (The Seven Sages) from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
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He who knows others is wise; He who know himself is enlightened.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.: Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Frog and the Ox
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Have no friends not equal to yourself.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
Nature is wont to hide herself.: Heraclitus (540 BC - 480 BC), On the Universe
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I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Antigone

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