Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
SOCRATESIf you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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.
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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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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 really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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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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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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