The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SOCRATESWe cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
More Socrates Quotes
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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