Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
SOCRATESPrefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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To be is to do.
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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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