Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
SOCRATESYour 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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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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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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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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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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