The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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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 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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To be is to do.
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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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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