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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Socrates

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Contentment Greedy Satisfaction
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Constant Fall Friendship
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Envy One Liner Soul
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning One Liner Wisdom Wonder
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be Yourself Greatness Honour Live Pretend
My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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Hate Hatred Proof Simplicity Speak Speech Truth
Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Deep Inspirational Knowledge Success
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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Blessing Goodness Individual State Wealth
To be is to do.
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Gym Husstle Inspirational One Liner Possitive
The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Inspirational Life One Liner Truth Wisdom Worth
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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Decide Deliver Enable Inspirational Instinct Poet Poetry Wisdom
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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Beautiful Divine Doubt God Human Indicate Man Poem Poet Work
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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Authority Bad Children Contempt Disrespect Exercise Love Luxury Manner Place
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Improvement Labor Men Writing Yourself
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Intelligence Knowledge Wisdom
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Death Excellence Goodness Individual Men Wealth

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