The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SOCRATESThe hottest love has the coldest end.
More Socrates Quotes
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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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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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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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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