Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
SOCRATESA system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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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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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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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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