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Argument
If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men. -- Socrates

Beauty
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Honesty
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Immortality
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. -- Socrates

Life
The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates

Marriage
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.