Wisdom begins in wonder.
SOCRATESThe highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
More Socrates Quotes
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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