He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
SOCRATESEvery action has its pleasures and its price.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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