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.
SOCRATESWhen the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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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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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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