Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
SOCRATESTrue wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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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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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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