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* Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
 
* Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
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:Usually attributed, incorrectly, to Heraclitus (c. 535–c. 475 BCE)
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:Usually attributed, incorrectly, to Heraclitus (c. 535–c. 475 BCE)
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* I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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:Attributed to Socrates (c. 469 BCE–399 BCE), but no source is provided.
    
* Make it your business to know yourself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.  
 
* Make it your business to know yourself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.  
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* A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.
 
* A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.
 
:Allegedly a Greek proverb, but no source is provided.
 
:Allegedly a Greek proverb, but no source is provided.
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* Everything should be made as simple as possible, but ''no simpler''.
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:Attributed to Albert Einstein (1879–1955), but no source is provided.
    
==Aristotle (384 BCE–322 BCE)==
 
==Aristotle (384 BCE–322 BCE)==
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