Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
SOCRATESRemember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
More Socrates Quotes
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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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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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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