If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
SOCRATESTo find yourself, think for yourself.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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True 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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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