Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
SOCRATESUnderstanding a question is half an answer.
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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 become a philosopher.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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