He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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More Socrates Quotes
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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 highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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