He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
SOCRATESUnderstanding a question is half an answer.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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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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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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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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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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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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