The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SOCRATESThere is no solution; seek it lovingly.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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A 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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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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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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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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To be is to do.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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