Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
SOCRATESThere is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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To be is to do.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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