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.
SOCRATESTo fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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