Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
SOCRATESWe cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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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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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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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 unexamined life is not worth living.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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