The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
SOCRATESIt 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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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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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 secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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