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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.

Socrates

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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Contentment Depart Equality Misfortune
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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Beauty Body Careless Develop Disgrace Fitness Inspirational Limit Manner Strength
It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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Avoid Death Difficult Ignorance Run Wicked
Wisdom begins in wonder.
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One Liner Wisdom Wonder
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Divine Immortal Men Peace Soul
The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Beginning One Liner Positive Wisdom
There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Confidence Inspirational One Liner Problem Seek Solution Trouble
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Envy One Liner Soul
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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Break Care Leaving Loyal People Walk
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Goodness Inspirational Life One Liner Value
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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Believe God Religion
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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Beautiful Divine Doubt God Human Indicate Man Poem Poet Work
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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Ashamed Care Fame Improvement Money Prestige Soul Truth Wisdom
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be Yourself Greatness Honour Live Pretend
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Intelligence Knowledge Wisdom
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Constant Fall Friendship

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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