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.
SOCRATESLife contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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