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"For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty." – Alben W. Barkley, final words.
"I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." – Psalm 84:10
"'To imitate Socrates' meant, in other words, to staunchly refuse imitation; refuse imitation of the person 'Socrates' — or any other person, however worthy. The model of life Socrates selected, painstakingly composed and laboriously cultivated for himself might have perfectly suited his kind of person, but it would not necessarily suit all those who made a point of living as Socrates did. A slavish imitation of the specific mode of life that Socrates…
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