Socrates quote: "Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know."

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
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It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
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Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most peo...
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Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
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I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily wh...
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All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect fo...
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In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.
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When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the dir...
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The soul is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, by virtue of having no wi...
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To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think t...
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what...
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There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
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No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficie...
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A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
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Let him that would move the world, first move himself.
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We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of ...
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One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.
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I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.
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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
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The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
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What a lot of things there are a man can do without.
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Happiness is unrepentant pleasure.
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Call no man unhappy until he is married.
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Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth
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Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the e...
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A multitude of books distracts the mind.
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By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will ...
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Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. N...
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An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor t...
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think
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The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect fo...
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you
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Philebus was saying that enjoyment and pleasure and delight, and the class of feelings akin to them,...
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Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.
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The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.
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Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see mo...
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
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The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods.
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Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
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Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are...
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There is only one good -- knowledge; and only one evil -- ignorance.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.
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Enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think.
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The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
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Worthless people love only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
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Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
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I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my ot...
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I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says; to be curious about that which is not my...
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Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?
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They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
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How many are the things I can do without!
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, mo...
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injust...
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Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, be...
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Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faul...
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperit...
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Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good man, eith...
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
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The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
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When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty
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He is richest who is content with the least.
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I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, mos...
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Let him that would move the world first move himself.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity,...
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What you cannot enforce, do not command.
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The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs...
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The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? On...
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I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.
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Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
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Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . co...
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by ...
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Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faul...
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Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their...
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Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fi...
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Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philo...
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True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and ...
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Be as you wish to seem.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or...
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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an u...
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He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
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An honest man is always a child.
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The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
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No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the...
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vu...
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Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'...
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my ...
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."

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Suppose... that you acquit me... Suppose that, in view of this, you said to me 'Socrates, on this oc...
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I examined the poets, and I look on them as people whose talent overawes both themselves and others,...
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If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique...
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?
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The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear...
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Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
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Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their te...
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As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
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And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become ...
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Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better G...
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct ...
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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
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There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
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Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appe...
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Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
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Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fir...
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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
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Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a p...
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways--I to die and you to live. Which is the better...
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I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your pers...
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You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans....
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The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
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The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.
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He is the richest who is content with the least
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To find yourself, think for yourself
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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The only thing I know is that I know nothing, and i am no quite sure that i know that.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself suffici...
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My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to car...
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I only know that I know nothing
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll be...
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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I know I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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The philosophy exam was a piece of cake -- which was a bit of a surprise, actually, because I was ex...
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My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not you'll become a...
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An unexamined life is not worth living.
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If all the misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most...
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor t...
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The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will-he will be sure to repent it.
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Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their te...
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and ...
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Suddenly there were people who came to realize that there must be some things that must be done abou...
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How much there is in the world I do not want
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To do is to be.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a ph...
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I thought to myself, 'I am wiser than this man: neither of us knows anything that is really worthwhi...
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I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are ...
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My belief is that to have no wants is divine
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If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep...
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It is necessary that one who really and truly fights for the right, if he is to survive even for a s...
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Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what...
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you ne...
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To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think t...
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