Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
SOCRATESDeath may be the greatest of all human blessings.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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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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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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