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The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

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Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.

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Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

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God is the most ancient of all things, for he had no birth.

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There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian.

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Necessity is the strongest of things, for it rules everything.

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Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Philosopher

Born: Unknown

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