Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
SOCRATESFrom the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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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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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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