The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
SOCRATESRemember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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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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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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