Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
SOCRATESMy plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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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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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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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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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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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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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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