Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
SOCRATESWisdom begins in wonder.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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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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To be is to do.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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