Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
SOCRATESGod would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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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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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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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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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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