"A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor."
-Xenophon
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"For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer."
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"Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy."
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"There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform."
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery."
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"Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people."
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"Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce."
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"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength."
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"There is no grief like the grief that does not speak."
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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