As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
SOCRATESLiving well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
More Socrates Quotes
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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.
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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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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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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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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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To be is to do.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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