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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More Socrates Quotes
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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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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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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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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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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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