In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
SOCRATESNot life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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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 misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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