The hottest love has the coldest end.
SOCRATESRemember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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To be is to do.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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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 can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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