As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
SOCRATESWonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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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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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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