Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
SOCRATESRemember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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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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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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