As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
SOCRATESThe greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
More Socrates Quotes
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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