Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
SOCRATESWe cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
More Socrates Quotes
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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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 that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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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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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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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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