The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SOCRATESBe as you wish to seem.
More Socrates Quotes
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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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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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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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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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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