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Everyone wants a good life. No one wants to live a miserable existence, and no one wants to spend the rest of their days in regret and misery. A good life isn’t easy to achieve, but it is possible with the right knowledge and mindset.

“Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things right. Justice is the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude is the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance is the principle of subduing desires and living moderately,” Plato said.

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