Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
SOCRATESPrefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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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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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 answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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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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