He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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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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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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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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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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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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