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.
SOCRATESFrom the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
More Socrates Quotes
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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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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To be is to do.
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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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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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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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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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