Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
SOCRATESThe really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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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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